Design your dream droid and you might see it in a future 'Star Wars' story

Are you a big Star Wars fan? Time to flex those creative muscles. Design your own Star Wars droid and stand a chance to have it featured in an upcoming story. You also get to attend the world premiere of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker in December, where your design will be unveiled publicly for the first time.

Star Wars: Force for Change and a global robotics community FIRST partnered for this contest in hopes of inspiring the next generation of heroes and innovators in the fields of science, technology, engineering, math (STEM), and creative arts.

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Google seeks students help with open source dev work with Google Code-in program

In case you haven’t heard yet, Google has opened its Google Code-in 2017 student program with the contest happening starting November 28. Basically, the tech giant is calling on pre-university students from around the world ages 13 to 17 to help out with open source tasks. Participants can win everything from certificates, t-shirts, hoodies, and a chance to win a trip to Google’s California headquarters. On top of that, the program doesn’t just give kids access to these open source tasks but it brings them in contact with mentors from Google’s participating organizations, too. This helps them learn how it is to work on open source projects. You can find out more about the contest here.

Contest! Win an ASUS ZenFone 3 smartphone!

Canadian Reviewer and BestBuy Canada are giving away a 64GB ASUS ZenFone 3 Android Smartphone to a lucky Canadian Reviewer reader. This contest is limited to Canadian residents only.  

Up for grabs is an Asus ZenFone 3 64GB Smartphone,–The ASUS ZenFone 3 redefines what it means to be a smartphone. Equipped with a 2.0GHz octa-core Snapdragon 625 CPU, 4GB of RAM, and Adreno 506 GPU, the Zenfone 3 delivers an entertainment experience previously unheard of on a smartphone. It also features the PixelMaster 3.0 camera with optical and electronic image

Contest rules:

Simply follow @CReviewer & @BestBuyCanada on Twitter and tweet the following message, "I would love to #ExperienceAsus and win the ASUS ZenFone 3 from @BestBuyCanada and @Creviewer!."

Contest is open to all residents of Canada and a winner will be picked on April 19th, 2017. Thanks and good luck to everyone who joins.

Contest: Win a Google Chromecast Ultra with 4K streaming and HDR

We're giving away one of the latest Made By Google products, the Chromecast Ultra, which is the fastest Chromecast yet, designed for a premium streaming experience. Chromecast Ultra brings everything you already love about Chromecast plus crisper picture up to 4K, deeper color, faster speed, and better performance. Learn more today: http://www.chromecast.com/ultra.

This is the ideal companion to a 4K HDTV and better than other streaming devices that can't provide 4K quality streaming. Hit jump for the contest rules.

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