1st Emerson Innovation Challenge champions young Pinoys’ interest in STEM
Championing the ingenuity and passion of young Filipinos in the field of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM), Emerson recently staged and announced the winners of the first-ever Emerson Innovation Challenge in the Philippines.
Reinforcing Emerson’s worldwide initiative of inspiring and empowering the next generation of professionals specializing in STEM, the Emerson Innovation Challenge is designed to be socially relevant and puts to the test young mind in addressing today’s most complex and pressing community issues.
Students from different colleges and universities across Metro Manila were tasked to create Internet of Things (IoT) applications that creatively address daily problems, such as a traffic light control system that adapts to vehicle volumes and road conditions, and a home monitoring and care embedded system that enables home owners watch their pets remotely.
“The Internet of Things is the wave of the future discussed everywhere – this vision of everyday objects having network connectivity has long been happening, at rates faster and more wide-ranging than what the world has expected,” said Ed Boone, president of Emerson Asia-Pacific and general manager of Emerson Philippines: “The Emerson Innovation Challenge 2018 empowers young Filipino innovators as catalysts to further drive social progress through innovation.”
The final round of the competition gathered included Adamson University, Asia Pacific College, Bulacan State University, De La Salle University, FEU Institute of Technology, Mapua University, Polytechnic University of the Philippines, Technological Institute of the Philippines, Technological University of the Philippines, and the University of the Philippines.
The Technological Institute of the Philippines emerged as the top winner of the competition, bagging the first-place trophy and cash prize of P 70,000.