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Student Startup Aims to Prevent Traffic Jams

By Guest PostDecember 4, 2012Technologyaaron tushabe, akhtar badshah, analyze, andrew lin, anton posternikov, anton stepanov, asthma, australia, bing maps, christian breuggeman, cloud service, CO2, coca cola, crunch data, cy khormaee, david musinguzi, egypt, enable talk, grants program, graphmasters, health buzz, hon weng chong, imagine cup, joseph kaizzi, joshua okello, josiah kavuma, kim ramchen, london starbucks, mahsa salehi, maxim osika, Microsoft, navigation software, network, nunav, pneumonia, prevent, student startup, team greenway, team lifelens, team stethocloud, team vivid, traffic jams, valeriy yasakov, windows azure, youthspark initiative

Winners of the second annual Imagine Cup Grants program, part of Microsoft’s YouthSpark initiative, include student startups aiming to eliminate traffic jams and bring cheap, effective ways to diagnose childhood pneumonia.

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Dec. 4, 2012 — Traffic jams typically produce little more than frustration, profanity, and CO2. Four years ago, though, they happened to give Christian Brüggeman an idea.

He was sitting in a London Starbucks with a friend and fellow computer science student. As they chatted, they noticed that one street outside was choked with cars while another was practically empty.

They wondered why drivers weren’t taking advantage of every possible route. If cars could be directed along less-congested roads, wouldn’t that prevent back-ups before they began? (more…)

Will the Next Bill Gates Please Step Up: Young Entrepreneurs Meet Microsoft’s Founder

By Guest PostJanuary 30, 2012Technologyaids, Bill Gates, bing maps, brad smith, croatia, davos, dominik tomicevic, dreamspark program, ecuador, gerardo francisco perez layedra, horizon, imagine cup, jason wakizaka, jordan, kinect, malaria, melinda gates, microsoft chairman, mohammad azzam, ngo, project horizon, skillbox, social entrepreneur, student technology, switzerland, team falcondev, team kidnect, team lifelens, team oasys, tuberculosis, vision center, windows phone, world economic forum

*Students from around the world talked with Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates and Executive Vice President Brad Smith on Friday about removing obstacles that keep young people from starting their own businesses and nonprofits.*

Davos, Switzerland — Jan. 30, 2012 — When the world’s policymakers descend on Davos, Switzerland, for the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting, Bill Gates can usually get their attention.

This year, in between discussing food sustainability and announcing a US$750 million donation to fight AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis, Gates turned his attention to a few students who hope to make a similarly outsized humanitarian mark on the world. (more…)

Microsoft Helps Imagine Cup Competitors Turn Golden Ideas into Golden Opportunities

By Guest PostJune 23, 2011Technologyasthma, azmo the dragon, bizspark, boon sheng ooi, chase sandmann, cy khormaee, digital spirometer, dream spark, gps technology, hotel palomar, imagine cup, imagine cup 2011 worldwide finals, malaria, malaysia, measure lung capacity, Microsoft, new york city, noela evans, one beep, radha basu, rice university students, san francisco, santa clara university, silicon valley, smart phone game, team dragon, team lifelens, team spirit, Technology, university of auckland, vinny lohan, windows phone, xilnex

*Some of the brightest young technologists in the nation visited San Francisco on Wednesday to share their ideas with venture capitalists, academics and media.*

SAN FRANCISCO – June 23, 2011 – A collection of students who want to change the world with technology pitched their ideas to Silicon Valley industry experts, academics, and media on Wednesday.

Several teams of students who will participate in the July Imagine Cup 2011 Worldwide Finals in New York City got to first showcase their projects to people who could help them refine their concepts, find markets for their ideas, and eventually find investors to provide the money they will need to turn their ideas turn into viable businesses. (more…)

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Student Startup Aims to Prevent Traffic Jams

Will the Next Bill Gates Please Step Up: Young Entrepreneurs Meet Microsoft’s Founder

Microsoft Helps Imagine Cup Competitors Turn Golden Ideas into Golden Opportunities