Recently, Hackster.io announced the contest winners for the “Secure Everything with Azure Sphere” contest they were running, along with partners Microsoft and AVNet. The contest was giving away prizes worth a total of $37,000. And, they were giving away 20,000 Azure Sphere Developer Kits from AVNet to contest participants for use when building their entries. Among the winners of the contest are some really great Azure Sphere IoT projects!

To read more about what the contest entailed, please read the article titled “Secure Everything with Azure Sphere Contest with Hackster, Microsoft, and AVNet” here on Build5Nines.com.

Now, let’s get on to the winners…

Tier 1 Contest Winners

Each winner of the Tier 1 was awarded with a Microsoft HoloLens 2 with a $3,500 value!

Here are the 3 winners in this category and their projects:

• Solar Energy in the Cloud by Balázs Simon
• Azure Sphere and Azure Cloud Services for Secure IoT by Jiong Shi
• Azure Sphere based Secure Anti-Theft Device by Attila Tőkés

Tier 2 Contest Winners

Each winner of Tier 2 was awarded with a Surface Laptop 2 with a $1,000 value!

Here are the winners in this category and their projects:

• MyPulse by Andrei Florian
• Secure Multi Factor Authentication with Azure Sphere by Fred Murphy
• Secure automated login with Azure KeyVault and Azure Sphere by Jaroslav Groman
• Azure Sphere IoT Enabled RFID Lock by Lock and Load
• Azure Sphere lock box by Mateusz Pajak
• Azure Sphere Connected Power Supply by Markel Robregado
• An E2E Azure Sphere project in the area of Smart Retail by Xavier Geerinck

Hackster Impact Prize

For the Hackster Impact Prize, each winner was awarded a $250 Gift card, $100 Adafruit Gift card, a Video interview, and more! For a value of approximately $530!

Here are the winners of the Hackster Impact Prize and their projects:

• Azure Sphere Weather Station by Aduino “hacing11” Guy
• HealthSphere by Victor Altamirano and EdOliver
• I was there… recycling the waste! by Enrique Albertos
• Air quality control in schools by Walter Silvestre Coan
• Azure IoT Farming by Ashok R

I’d like to wish a super congratulations to all the contest winners! These are some really cool projects!

You can view the full details of the contest winners over on Hackster.io, here: https://www.hackster.io/contests/SecureEverything