If you’ve been thinking of picking up a 4K TV set, you might want to wait and see if you can win one before having to plunk down your hard-earned cash.
Fortunately, you’ve come to the right place, as we’re giving away a 50-inch Samsung 4K UHD TV over at the Technabob Shop. Not only will one lucky winner receive a Samsung UN50JU6500 50-Inch 4K Ultra HD Smart LED TV, but they’ll get their choice of a media player to go with it – a Roku 3, Apple TV or Amazon Fire TV.
For your chance to win this awesome prize pack, just head to the Technabob Shop and register before August 15 to enter.
Like Star Trek? How about fan art? Then you’d better head on over to our brother-from-another-mother website MightyMega and enter to win one of three books of cool Star Trek art created by illustrator Juan Ortiz.
Star Trek: The Art of Juan Ortiz is a 112-page hardcover book which features imaginative poster designs for each of the original 80 episodes of Star Trek. It’s as if each episode was a movie, the way Juan looks at it. The book is chockful of awesome images, and has recently hit store shelves.
Head on over to MightyMega now for your chance to win. The contest ends on 9/11/2013 at 11:59 CDT, and there are lots of ways to earn entries.
How’d you like the chance to take a mission to space – and not have to spend a dime? Well if you’re the lucky winner of a contest being held by KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, you might just get your wish.
KLM is offering one lucky person the chance to fly aboard the zero-gravity SXC Lynx spacecraft. The entry process will be simple. KLM plans on launching a weather balloon in the Nevada desert, and the person who provides the most accurate prediction of how high the balloon travels before it pops will win the space flight.
The winner of the contest will receive a flight for two to Curacao, hotel, and a single ticket aboard the SXC Lynx, valued at approximately $95,000(USD).
The balloon is expected to be launched on the morning of April 22nd. To enter the contest, and to view and a cool simulation of the balloon launch, head on over to space.klm.com.
When in service, the SXC Lynx is expected to fly to a height of 64 miles above the Earth, traveling with 4Gs of thrust. Space Expedition Corporation (SXC) plans on launching its first commercial space trip from Curacao in January 2014. It’s not clear exactly when the prize winner will be allowed to redeem their ticket.
Robocalling is considered a plague in the modern phone world, especially during an election year -- and while you likely won't get rid of all the pitches from political candidates anytime soon, most of the commercial calls are outright illegal. The Federal Trade Commission has devised a unique contest to help cut back on those law-breakers without having to chase down every shady debt relief offer. It's offering a $50,000 reward for the cleverest solution to blocking the banned variety of robocalls. The only requirement is that you be an adult US resident: if you can invent a surefire remedy in your basement, the FTC wants to hear from you. Entries will be open between October 25th and January 17th, with word of a winner around April 1st. We're hoping that the champion has a truly effective cure in use before long, because we'll undoubtedly have reached our breaking point on robocalls by... oh, around November 6th.
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