TOP executives of Microsoft Corporation in the United States of America, the organisers of the Microsoft Imagine Cup Competition, have commended the team from Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti (ABUAD), ‘Team LifeWatch’, and described the team as “the best in Africa for five years.”
ABUAD’s Team LifeWatch participated in this year’s edition of the competition which took place in Seattle, USA, and was generously praised by Microsoft executives for its excellent performance....
For their invention, AsthmaVisor, a device for a more effective and efficient way of managing Asthma, particularly among children, a senior director with Microsoft Corporation, Mrs. Jenny Lay-Flurie, described Team LifeWatch as “the best team in Africa in five years” while the deputy director of Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Jeninie Firpo, said the team’s invention was “awesome.”
Team LifeWatch, made up of four ABUAD students, eventually emerged fourth out of the five teams nominated for Imagine Cup Ability Award on account of the potential impact their projects could have on the lives of people with disabilities and design principles, usability and potential in the market place.
Other criteria include how the project has been tested with people with disabilities and overall quality of the execution.
Team Prognosis (with a solution for Parkinson’s disease detection and intervention) from Greece won the award as their solution has already been deployed on a large scale and in use by disabled people for about a year now in Greece.
Team LifeWatch, made up of Adeyemo Oluwaseun Kayode, Raymond Obinaju, Sobola Timilehin David, and Ahwin Kevin with a joint passion for saving lives, had earlier invented AsthmaVisor.
The race to the finals of this year’s edition of the Imagine Cup competition among higher institutions in Nigeria commenced with ABUAD winning in Nigeria to qualify for the African Zone (semi-finals) where it defeated higher institutions in other African countries, including Burkina Faso, South Africa, Uganda, Egypt, Angola, Algeria and Morocco as well as Tunisia, to qualify for the world finals.
At the end of Team LifeWatch live performance to a panel of seven judges, made up of seven industry experts like Thomas Middleditch (Star of HBO’s Silicon Valley), Alex Kipman (inventor of HoloLens) and Jens Bergensten (Lead Developer of Minecraft), the judges were so impressed about the presentation that they opted for a 10-minute hands-on demonstration with the team to test its solution (AthsmaVisor).
The level of recommendations Team LifeWatch received from the judges also led to a private session organised for the team with Microsoft Brand Manager, Dennis Tom. This, according to the judges, was a proof of how much they loved the project and how they “cannot wait to see it in the market.”
During the private session which lasted for 40 minutes, important issues relating to how the solution can be improved upon and how a partnership can be established with Microsoft for making the solution a reality were discussed.
ABUAD’s Team LifeWatch participated in this year’s edition of the competition which took place in Seattle, USA, and was generously praised by Microsoft executives for its excellent performance....
For their invention, AsthmaVisor, a device for a more effective and efficient way of managing Asthma, particularly among children, a senior director with Microsoft Corporation, Mrs. Jenny Lay-Flurie, described Team LifeWatch as “the best team in Africa in five years” while the deputy director of Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Jeninie Firpo, said the team’s invention was “awesome.”
Team LifeWatch, made up of four ABUAD students, eventually emerged fourth out of the five teams nominated for Imagine Cup Ability Award on account of the potential impact their projects could have on the lives of people with disabilities and design principles, usability and potential in the market place.
Other criteria include how the project has been tested with people with disabilities and overall quality of the execution.
Team Prognosis (with a solution for Parkinson’s disease detection and intervention) from Greece won the award as their solution has already been deployed on a large scale and in use by disabled people for about a year now in Greece.
Team LifeWatch, made up of Adeyemo Oluwaseun Kayode, Raymond Obinaju, Sobola Timilehin David, and Ahwin Kevin with a joint passion for saving lives, had earlier invented AsthmaVisor.
The race to the finals of this year’s edition of the Imagine Cup competition among higher institutions in Nigeria commenced with ABUAD winning in Nigeria to qualify for the African Zone (semi-finals) where it defeated higher institutions in other African countries, including Burkina Faso, South Africa, Uganda, Egypt, Angola, Algeria and Morocco as well as Tunisia, to qualify for the world finals.
At the end of Team LifeWatch live performance to a panel of seven judges, made up of seven industry experts like Thomas Middleditch (Star of HBO’s Silicon Valley), Alex Kipman (inventor of HoloLens) and Jens Bergensten (Lead Developer of Minecraft), the judges were so impressed about the presentation that they opted for a 10-minute hands-on demonstration with the team to test its solution (AthsmaVisor).
The level of recommendations Team LifeWatch received from the judges also led to a private session organised for the team with Microsoft Brand Manager, Dennis Tom. This, according to the judges, was a proof of how much they loved the project and how they “cannot wait to see it in the market.”
During the private session which lasted for 40 minutes, important issues relating to how the solution can be improved upon and how a partnership can be established with Microsoft for making the solution a reality were discussed.
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