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7066280-23114000Imagine Cup 2012 Worldwide Finalists-10207322801Of the 24 projects designed to increase accessibility for the disabled, such as those suffering from blindness or paralysis, two-thirds (66%) utilize Kinect for Xbox 360 technology62% of all finalist teams (64 projects) incorporated Windows Phone technology into their projects20% of finalist projects used Windows 865% of all projects addressed health topics, such as diagnosis of diseases, via mobile applications and proactive accessibility of medical information23% of projects were created to improve the lives of individuals with disabilities, such as visual and hearing impairments, and diseases that limit a human’s physical mobility66% of all education-focused projects made education more interactive with Kinect for Xbox 360Nearly 20% of Worldwide Finalists are women with three all-women teams competing in the Software Design category (from the countries of Qatar, Oman and Ecuador)Of all the teams that utilized Windows Phone, more than half (58%) also deployed Windows AzureNearly half (49%) of all projects, and 85% of Game Design projects specifically, address environmental issues such as recycling, energy consumption and pollution monitoringNearly half of all finalist projects (45%) employ Windows Azure, taking advantage of the cloud to help solve the world’s toughest problems, from tracking pollutions levels in the environment to diagnosing diseases% of all healthcare-related finalist projects used Windows Phone, providing healthcare tools and resources for people in remote areas across the globeOf all the environmental- and sustainability-themed finalist projects, 35% included Bing Maps to assist users in making the world a more environmentally friendly place402/300Of the 24 projects designed to increase accessibility for the disabled, such as those suffering from blindness or paralysis, two-thirds (66%) utilize Kinect for Xbox 360 technology62% of all finalist teams (64 projects) incorporated Windows Phone technology into their projects20% of finalist projects used Windows 865% of all projects addressed health topics, such as diagnosis of diseases, via mobile applications and proactive accessibility of medical information23% of projects were created to improve the lives of individuals with disabilities, such as visual and hearing impairments, and diseases that limit a human’s physical mobility66% of all education-focused projects made education more interactive with Kinect for Xbox 360Nearly 20% of Worldwide Finalists are women with three all-women teams competing in the Software Design category (from the countries of Qatar, Oman and Ecuador)Of all the teams that utilized Windows Phone, more than half (58%) also deployed Windows AzureNearly half (49%) of all projects, and 85% of Game Design projects specifically, address environmental issues such as recycling, energy consumption and pollution monitoringNearly half of all finalist projects (45%) employ Windows Azure, taking advantage of the cloud to help solve the world’s toughest problems, from tracking pollutions levels in the environment to diagnosing diseases% of all healthcare-related finalist projects used Windows Phone, providing healthcare tools and resources for people in remote areas across the globeOf all the environmental- and sustainability-themed finalist projects, 35% included Bing Maps to assist users in making the world a more environmentally friendly place402/3-63803610049006728460-29654500Imagine Cup 2012 Worldwide Finalist ProjectsCountryTeamsCountryTeamsCountryTeamsCountryTeamsCountryTeamsAlgeria2Czech Republic2Italy1Oman1Slovenia1Argentina1Dominica Republic1Ivory Coast1Pakistan1South Africa1Armenia1Ecuador1Japan3Palestinian Authorities1Spain1Australia1Egypt3Jordan1Peru1Sri Lanka1Bahrain1Finland2Kazakhstan1Philippines1Taiwan1Bangladesh1France4Korea3Poland3Thailand2Belgium2Georgia1Kuwait1Portugal2Tunisia1Bosnia and Herzegovina1Germany1Lebanon1Puerto Rico1Turkey1Brazil5Greece1Lithuania1Qatar1Uganda1Bulgaria1Hungary1Malaysia1Romania4Ukraine3Canada1Iceland1Malta1Russia1United Arab Emirates1Chile1India1Mexico1Senegal1United Kingdom1China2Indonesia2Morocco1Serbia1United States3Croatia1Iraq1New Zealand1Singapore1Venezuela1Cyprus1Ireland1Nigeria1Slovakia1Vietnam1Software Design FinalistsCountryTeam NameSchool(s)Project DescriptionTechnologiesAlgeriaTeam NakamaEcole Nationale Superieure En Informatique (Esi), Ensm and USTHBBrainiac is a hardware and software application that helps simplify technology use for individuals who are physically disabled and unable to use a computer without assistance. Visual Studio 2010,Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft Silverlight, XNA Game StudioArgentinaTeam BoddyMusicSanta Teresa de Jesús, Instituto San AlbertoBoddyMusic is a virtual classroom application that specializes in music education for people with disabilities, enabling users to play various musical instruments with body movements via Kinect for Xbox 360. Kinect for Xbox 360, Windows 7, Windows PhoneArmeniaTeam mLab State Engineering University of Armenia, YSLUCleanH2O is an app that allows mobile users to assess the quality of drinking water via a water-testing device attached to a smartphone. The software provides statistical data on pollution levels and makes the data available to others worldwide.Windows Phone, Windows Azure, BingAustraliaTeam StethoCloudUniversity of MelbourneStethoCloud is a cloud-powered, mobile-hybrid stethoscope for early detection of pneumonia. By connecting a custom stethoscope to a Windows Phone, the user is able to transmit diagnostic information into a cloud service, reproducing the diagnostic capability of a trained medical doctor.Windows Phone, Windows AzureBahrainTeam FutureTorchAMA International UniversityLED Intensity Grid Highway Tracking and Surveillance System (L.I.G.H.T.S.) is a sensor system to allow streetlights to turn on when motion is detected and turn off accordingly..NET Platform, Windows 7, Visual Studio 2010BangladeshTeam EngineBUET, American International University — Bangladesh and NSUAnnapurna is an agricultural resource platform that can increase land productivity and improve cultivation planning with intelligent natural resource management. With the help of database technologies, this system provides personalized cultivation guidelines through?data mining, as well as GIS-based satellite imaging.Windows Azure, Bing, Windows 7, Windows LiveBelgiumTeam Make A SignHaute Ecole Rennequin Sualem, InpresMake a Sign is a sign language database for all languages, based on Kinect technology, enabling students of many different languages to learn to sign.Kinect for Xbox 360,Windows Phone, Windows AzureBosnia and HerzegovinaSPU TeamSlobomir P University and Faculty of Technical Sciences Novi SadICU is a software application designed to aid the blind by projecting images and distances of objects onto one's forearm through a matrix of vibrating electro motors. The sense of touch provides a “picture” that can be used as a map.Windows 7, Kinect for Xbox 360BrazilTeam Digital MangueUniversidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, POLI - UPEFirst Care System monitors patients in real time, which can enhance the work of medical teams by using devices that capture and process the vital signs immediately and send the information through a common wireless network.Windows Azure, Windows Phone, Windows 7BulgariaTeam K-VisionAmerican University in Bulgaria, Sofia University St. Kl. OhridskiC-Path helps the visually impaired to navigate more easily in their surroundings by safely avoiding obstacles through a Kinect and smartphone navigation system. Windows Phone, Kinect for Xbox 360CanadaTeam GreeniCentennial College, George Brown CollegeUsing a Kinect sensor, light sensors, CO2 sensors and code running on Azure, this team created Green Project, a sensor system that will determine when to turn fans and lights on and off. It can also be controlled by voice.Kinect for Xbox 360, Windows AzureChileTeam LifewareUniversidad Tecnica Federico Santa MariaIntegraKinect is a tool for people with cerebral palsy that enables them to interact with a computer through a Kinect sensor and microphones to capture sound and movement.Kinect for Xbox 360, Windows 7ChinaTeam XightWuhan UniversityGlazIO is a low-cost system that captures the direction of an individual’s optical focus based on pattern recognition with Kinect, so individuals who are paralyzed or have missing limbs can use a computer.Kinect for Xbox 360, Windows 7CroatiaTeam SpectrumPMF - Fizi?ki odsjek, University of Zagreb, Edukacijsko Rehabilitacijski FakultetTeam Spectrum created a navigation system for visually impaired individuals in indoor environments. Through "wall markers," a Windows Phone detects objects in the environment and provides voice directions to aid navigation.Windows Azure, Windows Phone, Windows 8CyprusTeam BrightSightUniversity of CyprusBrightSight is a Braille messenger app for the Windows Phone that enables an eyes-free method for texting.Windows PhoneCzech RepublicTeam JoyMindMasaryk University, Mendelova University v Brne, Univerzita HradecThe JoyMind application is a system for teaching English vocabulary based on three pillars: Learn, Speak and Move. Via Web, phone and Kinect-based applications, users have a low-cost and interactive way to learn a new language.Kinect for Xbox 360, Windows 7Dominican RepublicTeam Fellowship of the RingUniversidad Acción Pro-Educación y CulturaThe Statistics of Health and Economy by Location project is an application that provides a way to measure air quality at a given site.Windows Phone, Windows Azure, Bing, Windows 7EcuadorTeam Kany WarmysEscuela Superior Politécnica de ChimborazoTeam Kany Warmys has created a mobile phone app called Cyclops.?Users tell the phone where they would like to go via a voice command, and then the Cyclops app provides voice directions to the location with route details for the visually impaired.Windows Phone, .Net and Bing MapsEgyptTeam Level UpMansoura UniversityLevel Up allows disabled persons who cannot use their hands to control their PC to receive the benefits of computer services such as writing, reading, learning and working.Windows 7, Kinect for Xbox 360FinlandTeam MatalapaineTurku University of applied sciences, Turun YliopistoPregnancy 2 Baby is a system for pregnant mothers called a Mobile Maternity Card. It’s an application to track and store data relating to a pregnancy. The program allows the user to take notes each day on the status of the pregnancy, including weight, status and health checks.Windows Azure, Windows Phone?FranceTeam CapStreetISCOM Toulouse, Ingesup, SUPINFO ToulouseCapStreet consists of a website and application designed to map out accessible routes for people with disabilities. CapStreet will suggest differing routes for those in wheelchairs and on crutches,?all according to the profile the user creates. It also allows user-generated updates to routes. Bing Maps, Windows PhoneGeorgiaTeam Green BytesTbilisi State University, International Black Sea University, Georgian Technical UniversityGreen Bytes’ project focuses on environmental protection by helping users manage large volumes of garbage and waste.Windows 8, Windows Phone, Bing MapsGermanyTeam GreenwayUniversit?t Bielefeld, FH Hannover, Leibniz Universit?t HannoverGreenway is a navigation system with the potential to reduce the CO2 emissions of cars by preventing traffic congestion. The system proactively routes city traffic by calculating the best route for each car and communicating that information to each driver.Windows Phone, Windows Azure, Bing Maps, Windows 7, Windows 8GreeceTeam SymbiosisAristotle University of ThessalonikiSymbiosis provides therapy for Alzheimer’s patients through augmented reality (AR) and provides support to all people affected by Alzheimer’s, such as caregivers and doctors.Kinect for Xbox 360, Windows 7, Windows 8IndiaTeam D LabsBIT Mesra RanchiD Labs allows tutors to understand the behavioral patterns of children with dyslexia by using games to assist them in alphabet identification and movement recognition.Kinect for Xbox 360, Microsoft Silverlight, Windows Azure, XNA Game Studio, Windows 8Indonesia Team MalabarInstitut Teknologi TelkomBrainStat is an application used to monitor the condition of drivers on the road,?including levels of fatigue and loss of concentration and stress. BrainStat will give an early warning to the driver to prevent car accidents that may occur because of driver error. Windows Azure, Bing, Windows Phone, Windows 7IraqTeam Mirage TechAmerican University of Iraq - SulaimaniEasyRoute is a traffic reporting system designed to prevent car accidents and traffic jams. This system can be leveraged in a variety of ways, such as allowing companies to track their deliveries and giving city officials useful data on traffic congestion. Windows Phone, Bing, Microsoft Silverlight, Visual Studio 2010IrelandTeam docTekNational University of Ireland MaynoothdocTek Systems is a cloud-based healthcare management system designed for patients with multiple sclerosis. The application allows patients to manage their medication and symptoms using their mobile phones or the Internet and gives doctors access to patient data. Windows Phone, Windows Azure, Windows 8ItalyTeam Italian Ingenium Seconda Università di Napoli Ingegneria, Università del Salento, Università di Roma Tre, Politecnico di MilanoThe Fifth Element Project gives autistic children the opportunity to learn and develop their intellectual skills through play and movement.?It features voice recognition and motion detection and can be used in rehabilitation centers or remotely. Kinect for Xbox 360, Windows Azure, Windows 7, Windows 8Ivory CoastTeam E-SoftInstitut National Polytechnique Félix Houphou?t Boigny de YamoussoukroEvolve Safely enables real-time monitoring of the environmental settings in industrial areas to help maintain an adequate living environment for local populations and help administrative authorities address environmental threats.Windows Phone, Windows Azure, Windows 7, Bing, .NET Platform, Visual Studio 2010JapanTeam CoccoloTokyo National College of TechnologyAll Lights is a system that enables LED lamps to communicate with each other and automatically dim if there is more light in the room than needed, which allows the user to save on energy costs. Windows Azure, Windows 7JordanTeam Dancing PillowYarmouk University, Jordan University of Science and TechnologyThe dancing pillow is an electronic pillow that wakes hearing-impaired individuals and those with sleep disorders by employing multiple methods such as light, vibration, sound and smell.Windows Phone KazakhstanTeam EtzoockeeKazakh-British Technical UniversityArchangel is a cloud-based management system designed for people who are in emergency situations. It’s an extensible software-hardware system consisting of mobile and desktop applications and a drone, which can be used to deliver first-aid kits, medicines or other necessities.Windows Azure, Bing, Windows Phone, Windows 7KoreaTeam Let IT BeeKookmin University, Sangmyung University, Sungkonghoe University, ???????Let IT Bee is designed to support the bee farming business by aiding farmers and local companies.?This app records inspections, treatments and feedings; tracks colony temperament; and records honey harvest, using cloud, Web and mobile platforms. Windows Azure, Bing, Windows Phone, Windows 8KuwaitTeam Code BreakersAmerican University of KuwaitUniversal Sign System recognizes sign language and synthesizes it into a human voice, allowing hearing- and speaking-impaired individuals to engage in spoken conversations. It also allows users to capture and translate new sign words into their dictionary. .NET Platform, Windows 7, Windows 8, Kinect for Xbox 360, Microsoft Silverlight, .NET Platform, Visual Studio 2010LebanonTeam CakeAmerican University of BeirutTurn on the Light (TOTL) is a 2-D video game that challenges players to use renewable energy resources to solve?puzzles. Throughout the game, players gain knowledge that they use to win and improve the environment. .NET Platform, Visual Studio 2010MalaysiaTeam RhapsodyAsia Pacific University College of Technology & Innovation,WizBoard is an application that can be used across multiple locations by students who speak different languages and individuals with disabilities to make lessons more accessible in school districts that may have teacher shortages.Windows Phone, Windows Azure, Bing, .NET Platform, Microsoft SilverlightMaltaTeam TDGSUniversity of MaltaThe Digital Guide System (TDGS) gives visually impaired individuals an alternative to using guide dogs for mobility. Instead, this solutions uses?stereovision cameras to capture the world in front of them and audio cues to detect obstacles in their environment. Windows 7, .NET Platform, Visual Studio 2010, Microsoft SQL ServerMexicoTeam ReImagineUniversidad PanamericanaKIWI is a platform that helps to both diagnose and treat attention deficit disorder. It consists of educational software and exercises, along with software that helps developers, doctors and teachers create and personalize applications that will enhance the treatment for these students. Kinect for Xbox 360, Windows Phone, Windows Azure, Bing, Windows 7, Windows 8MoroccoTeam Golden DropSupinfo International University, Institut polytechnique privé de CasablancaThis team created a prototype that gives individuals with HIV and AIDS increased access to treatment. The solution can test blood samples and, if positive, direct the individual to the nearest health center via an interactive map.Windows Azure, Microsoft Silverlight, Windows 8, Windows PhoneNew ZealandTeam MobileEyeAuckland University of Technology, University of AucklandMobile Eye enables visually impaired people to be more independent. The solution enables a phone to verbally describe an individual’s surroundings and take guided pictures of the area. It uses a mixture of human intelligence and artificial intelligence to provide vital information about what is being “seen.”Windows Azure, Windows Phone, .NET, Visual Studio NigeriaTeam GravityObafemi Awolowo UniversitySwiftER is an application designed to improve the response time of medical, security and other emergency service providers. It will save lives and ensure that emergency help reaches those in need as soon as possible.Windows Azure, Bing, Windows 7, Microsoft SilverlightOmanTeam GrawesomeSultan Qaboos UniversityBlood It monitors blood bank levels and sends alerts to eligible donors via SMS when there are shortages. The mobile-based application uses a GPS system to locate the nearest donors of the particular blood group affected, helping encourage donations and make blood banks more efficient. Windows Azure, Bing, Windows Phone, Windows 7, Visual StudioPakistanTeam CeloksNUST School of Electrical Engineering and Computer SciencesSEED is a mobile-based application that helps streamline food donations to those who are hungry. Individuals who see an area with hungry people can register it on the mobile application and note where a surplus of food is available. Volunteers can then collect the food from one place and deliver it to the other. Bing, Windows Phone, Windows Azure, .NET Platform, Microsoft Silverlight, Visual Studio 2010Palestinian AuthoritiesTeam flyKITAn-Najah National UniversityBlind Guidance System (BGS) helps the visually impaired to independently complete daily tasks and move freely in their environment by using live voice feedback and a moving mechanical stack with wheels. Kinect for Xbox 360, Kinect .NET, .Net Framework 4.0, WCF, Windows Presentation Foundation, Windows Azure, Windows Phone, Bing Maps, Windows 7, Windows 8PeruTeam Wake UpUniversidad de San Martin de PorresProject Wake Up allows children with Down syndrome to improve their attention, memory, communication, motor skills and perception by using Kinect and Natural User Interface. Additional components of Wake Up include gesture recognition, color tracking and artificial intelligence.Kinect for Xbox 360, Windows AzurePhilippinesTeam Divided By ZeroDe La Salle - College of Saint BenildeKidCAMP gives teachers and families of autistic children affordable education tools designed to monitor student performance, improve communication and augment existing special education curriculum by using the Internet and a mobile application. Kinect for Xbox 360, Windows Azure, Windows Phone , Windows 7PolandTeam ARMEDWojskowa Akademia TechnicznaSensor Amplified Perception for Explosives Recognition identifies hidden explosive devices and land mines using magnetic field distortion, which provides civilians in third-world countries a cost-effective way to detect remnant explosives by using a Windows Phone app. Windows PhonePortugalTeam wi-GOUniversidade da Beira Interiorwi-GO is a robotic cart designed to improve the mobility of people with special needs by using motors and sensors powered by Kinect. The device is programmed to follow mobility-challenged people in everyday settings, including public places, home and work. Kinect for Xbox 360, .NET, Windows 8Puerto RicoTeam ThinkUniversidad MetropolitanaThink! gives children the tools they need to improve their memory and enhance hand-eye coordination by using Kinect to play games.?For example, one game instructs children to connect dots to create a drawing, which helps to sharpen their coordination. Kinect for Xbox 360QatarTeam Technology LanternsQatar University3D-KINDIO helps the blind and visually impaired navigate the world around them independently by using a helmet-mounted Kinect camera, 3-D audio and AR technologies.Kinect for Xbox 360, 3-D audio, augmented reality (AR)RomaniaTeam IQubeUniversitatea Politehnica TimisoaraLiveX gives elementary school students across the globe access to affordable science curriculum by using wireless interactive digital cubes connected directly to the cloud.Windows Azure, Windows Phone, .NETRussiaTeam Bonjour Development Institute for Information Transmission Problems, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technologies, Tomsk State University of Control Systems and RadioelectronicsM.D.Voice is a system for early diagnosis of throat diseases through use of voice analysis using Windows Phone and the cloud. Patients can identify diseases such as throat cancer in the early stages simply by speaking into their phones. Windows Phone, Windows AzureSenegalTeam Sen SectionUniversité Cheikh Anta DIOP de DAKAR and Université Cheikh Anta Diop FST Section InformatiqueTataane is a system for nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) that send investigators into areas of isolation; it allows investigators to use mobile phones rather than paper for their surveys in the field and sends the data automatically to a system administrator who can collect and use it for business intelligence purposes.Windows Azure, Bing, Windows Phone, Windows 7, Windows 8SerbiaTeam CatchCakeVTS SuboticaDigital Radar Aided Care is used by blind and visually impaired people, assisting them in their travels and during daily activities. By using Windows Phone, users are alerted to objects that may block their way by the use of sounds. Windows PhoneSingaporeTeam AlphaWavesNanyang Polytechnic School of ITDementia Assistance and Recall Engine is a Web-based scrapbook designed to capture memories for the elderly and those suffering from dementia. The goal is to?stimulate recall of past memories through photographs and other media?that can be presented on a PC or tablet.Windows Azure, Windows 8SlovakiaTeam OwNetSlovak University of Technology in BratislavaOwNet addresses the negative impact that poor Internet connectivity can have on schools, offering teachers and students a faster and more efficient way to use the Web for educational purposes, including collaboration tools. Windows 7, .NET, Visual Studio SloveniaTeam OsmosisFaculty of Computer and Information Science, University of LjubljanaOsmosis is a charity-based Web platform designed to efficiently transfer funds and knowledge between the developed and developing worlds. The first phase of the project will focus on building infrastructure such as roads, schools, medical facilities and water sources. Windows Phone, Windows 8, Internet Explorer, Windows Azure, .NET Platform, Bing, SkypeSouth AfricaTeam AsclepiusUniversity of JohannesburgThis project assists in early detection of tuberculosis by helping?radiologists analyze large volumes of chest radiographs and highlighting potential problem areas through an automated process.Windows 7, C++, OpenGL, GLSL (OpenGL Shader Language), GLee (OpenGL Easy Extension Library), wxWidgets GUI toolkitSpainTeam HealthConnectUniversidad de Castilla la Mancha, Universidad de Alcalá, Escuela Superior de Ingeniería InformáticaHighway to Health gives medical volunteers and doctors a simple and efficient way to collect information from patients, perform remote consultations with specialists, monitor vital signs of patients and promote healthy habits. It also allows for remote consultations via videoconference with specialists for patients from disadvantaged areas. Windows Phone, Windows Azure, Microsoft Silverlight Sri LankaTeam V360University of Moratuwa-Faculty of Information Technology-Sri LankaBack2Earth is a mobile application designed to monitor pollution through crowd sourcing while transmitting the data to public authorities. It also incorporates gaming to connect with social media users through Facebook, to elevate awareness around pollution monitoring and prevention.Bing, Windows Phone, Microsoft Silverlight TaiwanTeam uCHAMPsysNational Cheng Kung UniversityuCHAMPsys provides users with Web-based tools to assess their personal health and help them lead better lifestyles. Using a body sensor, the cloud-based solution offers suggestions on exercises and activities based on users’ age and weight. Windows PhoneThailandTeam NovitatMahidol University, King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi The Smart House provides assistance to aging adults who may require extra care or monitoring so they can safely live independently. It focuses on reusing existing technology they are already familiar with; hence, they can easily live in an intelligent environment without having to understand new or sophisticated tools.Kinect for Xbox 360, Windows 7, Windows 8, .NETTunisiaTeam Heroes Come BackMediterranean School of Business, Facule de Medecine MonastirCall U allows disabled individuals, amputees and those suffering from Parkinson’s disease to use their smartphones without touching them by using voice commands. In addition, by using Kinect, users can independently operate their smartphones remotely through gesture-driven commands.Kinect for Xbox 360TurkeyTeam RepharmersEskisehir Osmangazi UniversityBy using Repharm, users can create a recycling center to recycle their unused and unexpired medicines. As a result, less medicine is wasted and expired medicine can be disposed of properly by collection centers.Windows Azure, Bing, Windows Phone, Microsoft Silverlight, .NETUgandaTeam Cipher256Makerere UniversityThis team created a mobile application called WIN-SENGA that aids midwives as they assist expectant mothers. The algorithm does a conversion of frequency (hertz) to beats per minute of the fetus, analyzes its position in the uterus, approximates the age of the fetus and records these readings to the cloud.Windows Azure, Windows Phone, Windows 7, Microsoft Silverlight, Visual Studio UkraineTeam quadSquadComputer Academy "Step" DonetskEnable Talk was created to give disabled individuals with limited communication abilities a better way to communicate. It transforms sign language into a form of verbal communication by creating a mobile device that continuously recognizes sign language phonemes.Bing, Windows Phone, Windows 7, Windows 8United Arab EmiratesTeam RevolUtionUniversity of Wollongong DubaiReutilizer features a mobile application and website for the food industry to tackle waste management. Through coordination on the app and website, a collection of waste is gathered and sold in bulk to biofuels plants, which allows the users to receive cash rewards..NET Platform, Microsoft Silverlight, Bing Maps, Windows Azure, Visual Studio 2010United KingdomTeam EyeWorksNorthumbria University, Newcastle College, University of NorthumbriaMobile Intelligent Retinal Analysis is a cloud-based platform that utilizes smartphone technology coupled with a specialist lens attachment used to identify early-stage sight loss in the developing world. It also allows medical experts to check the automated diagnosis and give remote verification.Windows Phone, Windows AzureUnited StatesTeam FlashFoodArizona State UniversityThe FlashFood mobile app and website is a food recovery network, powered by text messaging, that reduces waste and feeds the hungry by collecting excess food from restaurants, caterers and conventions and delivering it to nearby community centers.Windows Phone, Visual Studio 2010VenezuelaTeam ArbelUniversidad Católica Andrés BelloArbel is an interactive virtual whiteboard created to support education. It is operated through a computer, projector, Wii video game controller and an LED pointer and has a corresponding mobile application for students and teachers.Microsoft SQL Server, .NET, Microsoft Silverlight, Windows 7, Microsoft Expression, Windows PhoneVietnam Team GP3SHo Chi Minh City University of IndustryGP3S is a public warning system that citizens can use to alert authorities to threats and potential environmental risks. Through the smartphone and Web-based applications, authorities receive the information and can address the problem while also giving feedback to the community.Windows PhoneGame Design: Phone FinalistsCountryTeam NameSchool(s)Project DescriptionTechnologiesBrazilTeam Monkey PepperUniversidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho, BauruThis game tells the story of the Littles, a family that returns from their perfect vacation to be surprised by their careless hometown. As a result, they decide to get their hands dirty and turn the city into a more sustainable place to live. XNA Game Studio, Visual Studio 2010, Microsoft Expression Studio 4, Windows Azure, Microsoft Office 2010, Windows PhoneCzech RepublicTeam Wicked GamesBrno University of Technology - Faculty of Information Technology“Yggdrasil: The Tree of Life” is a real-time strategy simulation that takes place on a small planet with a tall tree called Yggdrasil. On their quest to build a sustainable ecosystem, players learn the principles of natural resources conservation and environmental protection. XNA Game Studio, Windows Phone SDK, Windows Azure, Microsoft Silverlight, Visual Studio 2010FranceTeam Ecosia ?cole Supérieur en Informatique ?lectronique et Infographie Artistique Bordeaux, Ingésup“Ecosia” is a 2-D platform-puzzle game set in the future about environmental topics..NET Platform, XNA Game Studio, Windows Phone SDKFranceSwifteamIngésup“Swifty Ball” takes place in a world where waste gathers in landfills without being reused. The waste decides to gather into a ball and to go to the recycling factory, and players have to help this ball get there. XNA Game Studio, Windows Phone SDKHungaryTeam Turtle GamesE?tv?s Loránd Tudományegyetem Informatikai Kar, Moholy-Nagy M?vészeti Egyetem“Rum Run” is an action puzzle game that promotes global partnership and addresses world hunger and poverty through fair trading.Visual Studio 2010, XNA Game Studio, Windows Phone SDKIndonesiaTeam MobileBandung Institute of Technology“Cronus” is a game that tells the story of a man who can travel through time to fix humanity's past mistakes, such as the Exxon Valdez oil spill and the Chernobyl nuclear accident. The player is given a limited amount of resources and time to complete the mission.Visual Studio 2010, Microsoft Silverlight, XNA Game Studio, Windows Phone SDKKoreaTeam Gaon NuriSoongsil University, Hanyang University, Dongguk University“Knocking Hope” is an action game tasking the user to build a village around the Millennium Development Goals, which gives the villagers a happier state of life.Visual Studio 2010, XNA Game Studio, Windows Phone SDK LithuaniaTeam LevelUpKaunas University of Technology“Never Future” is a Steampunk-themed, open-world, adventure game about defeating trash monsters and unifying people. The game shows that only together can we achieve what seems to be impossible and that we can do anything with the help of technology.XNA Game Studio, Windows Phone SDKRomaniaTeam AVeUniversitatea Al Ioan Cuza Lasi“CITYQUEST” is an action game about raising awareness of osteogenesis imperfecta (a bone disorder) through player actions and social media interaction on Twitter. XNA Game Studio, Windows Phone SDK, .NET Platform United StatesTeam Drexel DragonsDrexel University“MathDash” provides a fast-paced, rewarding gameplay experience that reinforces math skills taught to elementary school students. It encourages players to approach problems from a different perspective, giving them an intellectual advantage by teaching them to think outside the box.Visual Studio 2010, XNA Game Studio, Windows Phone SDKGame Design: Xbox/Windows FinalistsCountryTeam NameSchoolProject DescriptionTechnologiesBelgiumTeam Hotfix_WindowsPIH Howest, Howest DAE, Howest Kortrijk, HoWest departement PIH“Influence” introduces adolescents and young adults to the power of positive action. One little improvement, a helping hand or planting a flower, grows exponentially into a positive wave if people start copying one another's behavior. XNA Game StudioBrazilTeam DoersUniversidade PositivoThe objective of “Do More” is to make players aware that through teamwork, every problem can be solved. This game encourages players to participate in changing the world by giving donations, volunteering their time or even by changing their mindsets. XNA Game Studio, Visual Studio 2010ChinaTeam Xidianembed_6Xidian University, 西安电子科技大学“TaiJi” is a Kinect-based Taiji game that can ease loneliness and enhance wellness for the elderly. It also has components that are reminiscent of Chinese culture, which promotes cultural development and exchange.Visual Studio 2010, Kinect for Xbox 360FranceTeam NanoSupinfogame“Nano” is a game about health in which the player controls a minuscule nanomachine to collect genetic data, symbolized by geometric shapes, on the surface of various pathogens. Players completing a sequence of data receive a medicine, which will destroy pathogens.XNA Game StudioIcelandTeam RadiantReykjavík University, Reykjavik Multimedia SchoolRobert's Quest is a side-scrolling platform game about cleaning up the environment. It’s set in the future in which society has lost its connection to nature and relies on an environmentally conscious squirrel, which helps provide cleaner, alternate energy sources.XNA Game Studio, Microsoft Office 2010JapanTeam EsperanzaVantan Game AcademyHoping to confront the stark reality that many areas of Japan are still left with scars from the tsunami disaster, this team created “Blue Field,” a real-time strategy game about rebuilding a city after a natural disaster hits.XNA Game StudioJapanTeam BlossomTrident College of Information Technology“Bloom*Block” is a 3-D puzzle game about the environment. Players attempt to change the wasteland into a beautiful land filled with flowers and vegetation. XNA Game StudioPortugalTeam Red Phoenix StudiosUniversidade da Beira InteriorIn “Clean World,” players travel to the future and take on the role of a small robot with the mission of cleaning a polluted world to save Earth. During the game, the player completes several quests and mini-games with an education focus.XNA Game Studio, Visual Studio 2010ThailandTeam TANG ThaiMahidol UniversityVerdant Fantasy is a multiplayer action game about saving the environment and addressing deforestation.Windows Azure, XNA Game Studio, Visual Studio 2010UkraineTeam HammerBirdSTEP Computer AcademyInBalance is an isometric strategy game about health and the environment. Players start the game in an area where the environmental balance between man and nature is violated. By completing proposed missions, the players restore the balance between civilization and nature, bit by bit.XNA Game StudioIT Challenge FinalistsIn the IT Challenge, students were tasked to develop, deploy and maintain IT systems that are efficient, functional, robust and secure. Each competitor needs to demonstrate proficiency in the science of networks, databases and servers, as well as an intimate understanding of how it must all fit together, both on-premises and in the cloud.CountryParticipantSchool EgyptSherif TalaatModern Academy — Computer ScienceRomaniaAlexandru TicleaUniversitatea Romano-Americana BucurestiSingaporeJoshua SimNanyang Polytechnic School of ITKinect Fun Labs Challenge – Sponsored by Microsoft StudiosCountryTeam NameSchoolProject DescriptionTechnologiesBrazilTeam InterlabUniversidade Estadual de Campinas, Escola Politécnica da Universidade de S?o PauloFusion4D is an innovative 3-D user interface that lets users interact with 3-D objects by moving, rotating and scaling models. It also allows users to “explode” objects into smaller parts and navigate to see what they would look like in different stages of evolution.Kinect Gadget Accelerator Kit, Kinect for Windows SDK, Microsoft Speech Platform SDKPolandTeam FlexifyAdam Mickiewicz University“Reh the Dragon” is a game created with the goal to transform?tedious rehabilitation exercises into an interactive adventure for children. Using the Kinect sensor allows children to take part in interesting and simple training exercises and games.XNA Game Studio, Kinect for Windows SDKUnited StatesTeam Whiteboard PiratesClemson University“Duck Duck Punch” is a low-cost virtual reality rehabilitation game system for upper arm stroke therapy using the Kinect sensor. The game scales to the participant's level of impairment and has been designed with usability in mind, based on feedback from stroke therapists and stroke survivors.Kinect for Windows SDK, Kinect Gadget Accelerator KitWindows Azure Challenge CountryTeam NameSchoolProject DescriptionTechnologiesAlgeriaKlein TeamThe Higher School of Computer Science, Chlef University, IGEE Mohammed Bouguerra, Hassiba Ben Bouali - Chlef UniversityDiaLife is a healthcare platform that helps make diabetic patients and their families’ lives easier and simpler by combining the elements of diabetes management into?a software solution.Windows AzureBrazilTeam Virtual Dreams AzureEscola Politécnica da Universidade of Sal Paulo & Universidade Estadual de CampinasEureka! consists of several client apps, a presenter app and a Web service that enables teachers to share interactive lesson plans with other teachers and students.Windows Azure, Microsoft Silverlight, Kinect for Xbox 360, Windows 8, Windows Phone, .NET?RomaniaTeam ComplexUniversitatea Babes-Bolyai, Technical University of Cluj-NapocaSeedbit is a Web application stored in the cloud that unites individuals, companies and NGOs in a fun, social way to get them involved in social causes they are passionate about. Windows Azure, .NET Platform, HTML5, Windows Phone, Windows 7Windows Metro Style App Challenge – Sponsored by WindowsCountryTeam NameSchoolProject DescriptionTechnologiesBrazilTeam Virtual Dreams MetroEscola Politécnica da Universidade of Sal Paulo & Universidade Estadual de CampinasEureka! consists of several client apps, a presenter app and a Web service that enables teachers to share interactive lesson plans with other teachers and students.Windows Azure, Microsoft Silverlight, Kinect for Xbox 360, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows Phone, .NET?KoreaTeam TokTokDongduk Womens University, Sung Kyun Kwan University, KyungHee University, Inha UniversityHapeanut is an application that teaches people around the world to grow peanuts more easily to address global hunger.Visual Studio 11, Express Beta for Windows 8, Bing Maps SDKUkraineTeam nLifeTaurida National V.I.Vernadsky UniversityBy using the application, Solvee, people can rid the world of garbage and keep it clean, thereby improving quality of life. Users can also communicate with one another, access disease statistics and ask for help. Windows 8 Consumer Preview, Windows Azure, Windows Phone SDK, Microsoft Expression Studio 4Windows Phone Challenge – Sponsored by NokiaCountryTeam NameSchoolProject DescriptionTechnologiesEgyptTeam VividUniversity of Ain ShamsHealth Buzz consists of two main parts: a mobile application that physicians can use to access a patient’s electronic medical records, and a cloud-based storage system that is inexpensive and doesn’t require additional hardware.Windows Phone SDK, Windows Live SDK, Microsoft Silverlight SDK, Visual Studio 2010, Microsoft Expression Encoder 4FinlandTeam AaltovationAalto University School of Science, Helsinki Metropolia University of Applied SciencesThe Mother Care application helps expectant mothers monitor and care for their child throughout their pregnancy by minimizing risks and cultivating a hub of resources that they can utilize during the various stages of their pregnancy.Microsoft Expression Encoder 4, Visual Studio 2010, Windows Phone SDK, Windows AzurePolandTeam StackGdansk University of TechnologyThe ZZ Braille Reader application allows visually handicapped people to read text written in Braille alphabet by using a smartphone. 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