Microsoft today announced that students from IT Sligo will represent Ireland at the global finals of Microsoft’s Imagine Cup 2011.
The students claimed the prize for their project HERMES, an interdisciplinary venture bringing innovative ideas from IT Sligo’s School of Engineering and School of Business.
It has a key goal of initially targeting the most at risk drivers to increase road safety, thereby tackling what the World Health Organisation predict will be the fifth leading cause of death by 2030.
The team researched the statistics reported on road safety and found that the data was lacking real time analysis for any given accident. The team have developed an in car road system that communicates data from the device in the car to a mobile phone, which will then be uploaded to the cloud thereby acting as an early warning system on erratic driving behavior.
Speaking at the awards ceremony Pat Meegan, Microsoft Ireland, said: “Participating in a major educational competition such as the Imagine Cup, inspires students who are working at the cutting edge of new technologies. In this fast moving world, students need to know how to learn new skills as quickly as technology creates new challenges.”
James McNamara from the winning team said: “We’re delighted to have been chosen from amongst our peers to represent Ireland in such a prestigious competition. We look forward to representing IT Sligo, our fellow students and our country in New York this summer and we are grateful to Microsoft for the opportunity.”
IT Sligo will receive mentoring from Microsoft Ireland in the build up to the global finals this year in New York. They will also receive a touch-enabled device from Lenovo as well as Windows phone 7 handset to help build out their solution.
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