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A drone motor in a garage. Natural gas to jet fuel. A power grid under pressure. What Utah builders made in days

By Deseret News · October 31, 2026 · 1 min read
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Rogue Technologies, founded by Nate Roberts and Peter Hartvigsen, won the Nucleus challenge and its $10,000 bounty; Granite Tait won the Torus challenge and its $5,000 bounty. Hackathon projects ranged from a tool for planning around Utah's electricity demand to efforts in drone-motor manufacturing and AI-designed, 3D-printed products.

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