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A recent 24-hour StartFEST hackathon has awarded first prize to three brothers from Salt Lake City, Utah.\u00a0Dan<\/a>, Doug<\/a> and David Leonard<\/a>\u00a0used a Raspberry Pi to control wheels connected to two drill motors that propelled a lawnmower across the garden. They have since posted the entire project up as an Instructable. Take a look here<\/a>. You can read about some of their other hacking exploits at KSL.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A recent 24-hour StartFEST hackathon has awarded first prize to three brothers from Salt Lake City, Utah.\u00a0Dan, Doug and David Leonard\u00a0used a Raspberry Pi to control wheels connected to two drill motors that propelled a lawnmower across the garden. They…<\/p>\n

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