ImagineCup[2]

Ray Ozzie recently posted a blog entry ay the Microsoft On The Issues site as he kicked off the Imagine Cup Finals in Cairo. 

I’ve promised myself one day I’ll make it to the Imagine Cup to see the amazing work students are doing with software.  Ray gives 3 examples himself which all sound terrific

  • The all-female Egyptian team is developing a low-cost solution for addressing air pollution in developing countries;
  • A team from India has developed a solution called Pearl to address that country’s high percentage of child and neonatal deaths among rural populations; and
  • A team from Uganda has created an innovative phone application that could help small farmers get better prices for their harvests in a country where more than 70% of the population earns less than $8 per day.

 

I can’t help but mention the team from Kings College here in London who are working on smart traffic routing. This year for the first time, we are asking people to vote online for their favourite entry in the Software Design category so if you like their project, please give them your vote – they’re TKCL with project Pioneer.