July 2008 - Posts

The Rural Innovation Award Finals--Kentaro Toyama, Assistant Managing Director, Microsoft Research India
08 July 08 09:21 AM | Unlimited Potential team | 0 Comments   

This morning, we heard presentations by the five teams in the finals for the Rural Innovation Award at the Imagine Cup 2008 . All five teams did an amazing job, and the enthusiasm and the quality of the work really made me appreciate what the Imagine Read More...

Filed under: Imagine Cup, Rural Innovation Award

Connecting citizens with government in Indonesia – Team Antarmuka
07 July 08 09:08 AM | Unlimited Potential team | 2 Comments   

The following guest post comes from Antarmuka, a team of finalists for the Imagine Cup Rural Innovation Award from Indonesia. Antarmuka developed a reporting system, Butterfly, which allows users to immediately report environmental problems that they Read More...

Filed under: Imagine Cup, Rural Innovation Award

The Human Impact on Innovation-Kentaro Toyama, Assistant Managing Director, Microsoft Research India
03 July 08 04:22 PM | Unlimited Potential team | 0 Comments   

I do research in an area called ICT4D, short for “information and communication technology for development” – the goal of which is to invent technologies that support socio-economic development of poor communities worldwide ( http://research.microsoft.com/research/tem Read More...

Filed under: Imagine Cup, Rural Innovation Award

Improving Rural Mass Transit Information in South Africa – Team Smile
03 July 08 11:45 AM | Unlimited Potential team | 2 Comments   

The following guest post comes from Team Smile, a team of finalists for the Imagine Cup Rural Innovation Award from South Africa. Team Smile developed WhereIsMyShuttle?, which uses GPS/GPRS tracking devices fitted to buses to provide daily schedules of Read More...

Filed under: Imagine Cup, Rural Innovation Award

Technology’s Impact to Those in Need—Edward Granger-Happ, CIO, Save the Children; Chairman, NetHope
02 July 08 05:04 PM | Unlimited Potential team | 0 Comments   

I’m pleased to be participating in the judging panel of this year’s Rural Innovation Award at Imagine Cup 2008—evaluating the brilliant work of the young students who have created new technology solutions targeted to the needs of the world’s least fortunate Read More...

Filed under: Imagine Cup, Rural Innovation Award

Innovating with Windows MultiPoint—Kablujen Digerati
02 July 08 09:23 AM | Unlimited Potential team | 0 Comments   

The following guest post comes from Kablujen Digerati, a team of finalists representing Malta at last year’s Imagine Cup Worldwide Finals. They developed an innovative system for the classroom, KIKI, built on Windows MultiPoint technology. We got to know Read More...

Filed under: Imagine Cup

Designing for the Other 90%- Paul Polak
01 July 08 10:27 AM | Unlimited Potential team | 1 Comments   

Hello- I’m Paul Polak, one of the judges of this year’s inaugural Rural Innovation Award at the 2008 Imagine Cup. I’m thrilled to be attending this year in Paris to examine the technology innovations that this amazing crop of young minds has created to Read More...

Filed under: Imagine Cup, Rural Innovation Award