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CHICAGO – Premier Farnell, distributor of electronic components, has launched an international design competition called Live Edge: Electronic Design for the Global Environment. Newark, a Premier Farnell business, will support the competition throughout the Americas.

Electronics engineers, students and academics are invited to submit designs that utilize electronic components and have a positive impact on the environment by increasing energy efficiency or reducing carbon emissions, for example.

The closing date for registration is Oct. 31; entries must be submitted by Nov. 30.

The winning entrant will receive a cash prize of $50,000 and a support package, estimated to be worth an additional $50,000, to help produce the design. The winner will be announced in Jan. 2008.

Full details are available at www.live-edge.com/info.

Up to five entrants will be eligible for honorable mentions, each receiving a cash prize of $5,000.

Industry judges will be announced soon. Live Edge will be largely Web-based to readily accommodate entrants on an international level.

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