I volunteer for Destination Imagination, and during competitions Appraisers are encouraged to wear a creative hat. As usual, I first came up with a project I wanted to try, and later figured out how to strap it to a hat. I left as much electronics exposed as possible because DI is a creative problem solving competition and the kids typically want to learn the how and why of my hat.

That’s awesome. Check out his build progress here at Hackaday.io; read more about the non-profit Destination Imagination organization; and build your own Guggenhat following these instructions.

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