NUI Maynooth students Matthew McCann, KC Grant and Jack Gallagher today celebrated their third place finish in the world citizenship category at the global finals of the Microsoft Imagine Cup in Seattle. The team represented Ireland with their AccessEarth app, which provides up-to-date, reliable data on the accessibility of buildings all over the world for those with impaired mobility.
“The AccessEarth team represented Ireland in the world finals with tremendous success and everyone at Microsoft Ireland joins them in celebrating this fantastic result,” said Clare Dillon, developer lead, Microsoft Ireland. “Not only is the concept underpinning the app a fundamentally important one, but its execution is particularly noteworthy as well, with immense thought clearly given to creating a design that the user can operate intuitively.”
The team received a $5,000 cheque in recognition of their achievement in the competition.
“We had an incredible time at the Microsoft Imagine Cup world finals,” said KC Grant, one of the creators of the AccessEarth app. “This competition facilitates innovation and new thinking, and joining together with teams from 34 countries around the world for the final was a heady experience that has stimulated us to think about how we can further develop and enhance AccessEarth for our users.”
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