Makeathon Day 3 — Major Steps accom­plished

Third Day at the Makeathon

This morning, as I arrived at the fair­grounds, I spotted a group of students doing Pilates under the palm trees — a bril­liant way to start the day! I think I might join them tomorrow. 🧘🏻‍♀️ But for now, it was time to get back to our fantastic team — a very diverse group of different ages, nation­al­i­ties, acad­emic back­grounds, and expe­ri­ence levels, and yet: a perfect match. 💪🏻💪🏻🏆

Major Steps Accom­plished

After two days of trou­bleshooting and fine-tuning, we finally made signif­i­cant progress. We success­fully eval­u­ated the energy consump­tion of all Shelly plugs directly in InfluxDB, allowing us to track the CO₂ foot­print of the produc­tion process. To make things even more user-friendly, one of our team members built an app with a Start and Stop button, making it easier to define the calcu­la­tion period and analyze energy data. Addi­tion­ally, we created the first admin­is­tra­tion shells with name­plates — another big step toward a fully inte­grated digital system. 💪🏻💪🏻

After lunch, I managed to take some time to explore other chal­lenges happening around us. It’s amazing to see the variety of ideas being brought to life — here are some impres­sions:

(I will add more tomorrow  — with descrip­tion)

In the after­noon, Chris­tian and I left early to attend the Sponsor Evening, where we had engaging conver­sa­tions with spon­sors and profes­sors about the future of digi­tal­iza­tion, educa­tion, and many other topics.

Mean­while, the team back at the fair­grounds had two more hours to push forward — what they accom­plished in that time remains a mystery for now. We’ll find out tomorrow!

The Final Count­down

Tomorrow marks the last day of the chal­lenge, and our goal is clear: success­fully connect to the shred­ding and melting machines built by the other Murr Elek­tronik teams. Can’t wait to see every­thing come together!  😃