Advancing technology at home to improve health, wellness, and the environment while competing for $20,000 in cash and prizes.
The Challenge
You’re invited to create an innovative technological or robotic solution that helps address a problem related to health and wellness or the environment. Your solution can leverage a broad range of technologies including the internet of things, intelligent hardware, low-cost sensors, drones, robotics, computer vision and machine learning algorithms, and cloud computing. For example:
Health and wellness solutions might improve people’s ability to make informed healthcare decisions or quality of life
Environmental monitoring solutions might provide actionable insight into energy or consumable usage
Judges will select teams to progress to the finals. Each team of finalists will be paired with an academic or industry mentor who will meet weekly with the team to provide feedback and advice in preparation for the final presentation before judges.
Competition Overview
Final submission deadline is Friday, March 10.
You may compete in the competition virtually
Teams may have 2-5 members. To be eligible to compete, participants must 1) be a current undergraduate student or 2) have graduated from an undergraduate degree-granting institution within the last two years.
Teams will be judged by an international team of experts from academia and industry
Each team of finalists will be paired with an academic or industry mentor who will meet weekly with the team to provide feedback and advice in preparation for the final presentation before judges
Competition Phases
Preliminary round: All competing teams must submit a 5-7 minute video presentation of their solution. Prototypes are encouraged but not required.
Final round: Finalists will be selected to give a live virtual presentation + Q&A with judges.
Video Submission Requirements & Evaluation Criteria
Problem and proposed solution are both clearly defined. Explanation addresses whether the solution is original or is a novel application of an existing product, service, or algorithm.
Scope of the opportunity is addressed, with a focus on need, affordability of solution, and global impact.
Solution fits the problem, and the rough cost of the solution fits the impact of the problem, considers user needs and perspectives, and is appropriate/feasible for target users. If applicable, model created is accurate and optimized/computationally efficient.
Include an estimated timeline for full development or implementation of the solution, and 6-week project plan
Quality of presentation (simulation, prototype/proof of concept, video).
All submissions must be in English.
SUBMISSION DEADLINE: MARCH 10
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