Sri Lankan team to compete at the Microsoft Imagine Cup World Finals
Microsoft said this week that Team Titans from Sri Lanka has been selected as one of seven teams to represent South Asia at the Microsoft Imagine Cup World Finals in July this year. The selection was made at the inaugural Imagine Cup Southeast Asia Finals held in Manila, Philippines.
Addressing the issue of treating asthma in children, Team Titans-Dimuthu Kariyawasam, Buddhi Ayesha and Keet Sugathadasa from the University of Moratuwa-developed "INHALO", a product aimed at motivating children to carry out proper breathing practices and continued inhaler-use. The product comes with a headset that identifies breathing patterns of the user, and a Mobile Game, that motivates children to use the inhaler and get healthier as they play. The game also supports single player and multi-player features, according to a Microsoft media release.
Conferred the title of "Worldwide Finalist" for their innovation, Team Titans will take their journey to the next level at the Imagine Cup World Finals. Held in Seattle this July, the World Finals will gather more than 50 student teams from all over the world, all vying for the top prize of US$100,000, mentorship opportunities with Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, as well as Azure grants and credits to bring their winning solution to the market.
The team and others pitched their ideas and projects in an intense full-day event held on April 24 to a panel of distinguished judges. The judging panel included Dr. A.K.P. Mochtan, Deputy SecretaryGeneral of ASEAN for Community and Corporate Affairs; Dr. Jennifer Tang, Founder, STAT Innovations and Creator of Eyenaemia; Lars Jeppesen, Co-Founder Tech One Global; Shuo-Hung Chen, Founder, HeX; Nigel Parker, Technical Evangelist Lead Microsoft Asia Pacific, and Joey Limjap, Vice President and Head, PLDT Enterprise Core Business Research and Development.