Congratulations to the top 25 teams selected into the 2012 Microsoft Imagine Cup Competition. More then 400 submissions were submitted for this years competition from 9 institutions. These 400 submissions were then screened to the top 60 all of which under went a 10 minute interview with the Imagine Cup Crew.
A big thanks to everyone that took part, if you missed making it to the top 25, there is still time, several of the teams are looking for team mates, we will post information soon both on this blog and on Facebook after the 10th of November.
The next milestone of the competition is on the 24th of November 2011 – Microsoft Imagine Cup Induction for Top 25 Teams and Mentors
Team Name
Institution
Brief One Line Blurb
Alimentum
UOA
A solution to connect coffee growers in developing countries with retailers to eliminate issues of low wages
Aura
A device that measure sleep patterns and warns you if you have sleep apnea
Decarbonators
Unitec
A mobile app that measures the carbon emissions around you and warns you if you are releasing high levels
EcoWise
A solution that helps monitor your power consumption in real time, helps consumer save power and money
Group 212
Online education tool to help schools, students and parents be better connected
Group 243
A platform to connect recovering patients to industry - to help find suitable jobs
Group 255
Electricity real time monitoring - connect device to power sockets to measure power usage based on current prices
Group 460
Safe driver app - win points for driving safely, phone measures how well you drive
Group 575
A tool to that clips on a child and helps the parent know their exact location at all times through a phone application
InTspiration
AUT
A tool that takes in external information, & provides an answer on how to best use the environment for maximum energy efficiency
N n’ M Back
A device that measures back posture and warns a user to correct themselves to avoid back problems.
Otago Enthusiasts
UOO
Online solution for children who can't make it to classes consistently
Team 2RTF
A device to measure peoples food requirements in certain areas to help better distribution of food in developing countries
Team AUT
A WP application that guides the blind to a defined location avoiding potential obstacles along the way
Team Cloud Solutions
VUOW
A software solution to help improve the warning time on imminent disasters
Team Connect
A solution which uses nodes connected through a large network to help people stay connected in a disaster
Team Diabetech
A game to help educate kids on how to cope with diabetes
Team Doctor Pepper
A solution to help reduce the pollution of our rivers by monitoring and collecting data
Team MATx
LU
A solution which uses Kinect as a method to help victims during their exercise healing process
Team Rakau
UOW
A solution to help keep our country green - focusing on tourism in how they use our environment
Team United
A portal that is setup to help people generate ideas to problems and make accessible to appropriate stakeholders
Team YouMark
Online based open classroom with a new concept of taking the learning home and bringing the homework to school
Team Zooks
A solution that will make it easy for users to donate money to charity by rounding their purchases up to 10 cents
Thought-Wired
Solution to empower people with severe physical disabilities in communication and interaction capacities.
Vcom
WP application - Language Translator - translates language based on voice recognition