Imagine Cup 2011 – Story of Team MACARA from Indonesia

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What do you think algae can do? Algae to others might just some green organism but four students from Team MACARA designed EDCOS project to use algae to solve our world toughest problem. The team is consist of Ednaz Hermawan, Alfan Presekal, Reza Bhaskoro Wibowo and Aditya Rinus Pratama Putra. They are all from University of Indonesia. Together with the help from their mentors Catur Apriono, Agus Kurniawan and Dianursanti, they have successfully enter the worldwide final of Imagine Cup.

Check out their project at Imagine Cup People Choice’s Award and support them if you like their project by casting your vote on them. They will heading to New York City represent Indonesia in Imagine Cup 2011 Worldwide Final in Embedded Development category  this coming 8th – 13th of July 2011. They will be competing with teams around the world. I’m lucky enough to get contact with them and learn about their story as one of the Microsoft Student Partner (MSP) Social Media Team.

Q: Tell us about your project?

EDCOS (Environment Digitally Controlled System) is a project that we offer as a solution to the problem of global warming, hunger, and renewable energy. We try to design an instrument (fotoreactor), with manufacturing control systems to increase the amount of biomass that can be produced. We hope to implement control systems in algae fotoreactor. This system will control the variables algal growth, such as  temperature and concentration of CO2 absorption. Thus we expect this fotoreactor will be able to enlarge the production of microalgae biomass. More microalgae biomass produced more CO2 that can be absorbed.  Besides  the more biomass that can be used as new food ingredients and sources of glucose to bioenergy manufacture.

Q: Why did you create this project? What inspired you to create this project?

Algae are living creatures that get its energy from photosynthesis using CO2 from air as a carbon source for glucose production. The cultivation of algae will be very supportive of CO2 reductions in the air. The problem in the production of algae is the amount of biomass produced is very small. In 13 Liter medium algae growth, biomass obtained only about 10 grams of biomass. Therefore we try to design an instrument (fotoreactor), with manufacturing control systems to increase the amount of biomass that can be produced. Proliferation of algae can use an embedded system, in which algae is cultivated using a special tool. The surplus compared to the conventional way that is, we can control algae growth optimally.

Q: Is this your first time joining Imagine Cup? How does it feel like?

Yes, this is the first time we join Imagine Cup. It feels so great, we can know about innovative solutions around the world. Also we can know about the world problems and let us invent some ideas to solve them.

Q: How has your participation in the Imagine Cup impacted your life?

It feels great. Before we join Imagine Cup we didn’t know well about some people on our faculty that have so many potentials about creating ideas to solve the problem of the world. After we join Imagine Cup, we finally know those people and we can share our experiences and ideas to each other.

Q: What is your plan on your project after Imagine Cup 2011?

The first our plan after Imagine Cup 2011 are to implement our project at Laboratory as tools for students for doing some experiments with they study. This is one of our commitment to Mrs. Dianursanti that if our project has completely finish, she wants this tools can be implement at hes laboratory, so can useful for other students.

The next plan is develop this project . we want we can control overall system from algae until be resource of biofuel , bioetanol , and food supplement.  So this tools can produce something more than more biomass. We hope we can do that thing, cause our dream are make something that can be useful to make better life for everyone.

“Imagine Cup is a place where you can explore your ideas and creativity through technology to solve the world’s toughest problems. What are you waiting for? Join Imagine Cup immediately and make your friends, family, and your country proud of you”

by Team MACARA from Indonesia, Imagine Cup 2011

Find out the latest update from Team MACARA by liking the team on Facebook fans page or follow them through Twitter. You can also stay tune in my blog for more update on Team MACARA and event of Imagine Cup 2011 Worldwide Final at New York City or follow the official Imagine Cup fans page or Twitter.

by Ooi Keng Siang – MSPSMT via Ooiks’s Blog

Imagine Cup 2011 – Story of Team NewKrean from Thailand

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Natural disasters always strike us hard no matter how hard we came prepared. Lack of information often cause some place got left behind after the disasters. 4 students from Chulalongkorn University aim to solve this problem by connecting volunteers and victims together to build a strong community with their solution call Terra Project. The team is consist of Kriangkrai Pipatvilaikul, Wannapon Suraworachet, Tanon Sirawan and Jirapat Yaovatsakul. No one shall get left behind anymore with Terra Project.

They will be represent Thailand in Imagine Cup 2011 Worldwide Final in Software Design category at New York City this coming 8th – 13th of July 2011 together with their team mentor Dr. Krung Sinapiromsaran. They will be competing with teams around the world. I’m lucky enough to get contact with them and learn about their story as one of the Microsoft Student Partner (MSP) Social Media Team.

Q: Tell us about your project?

Imagine the world where people are helping others. As the large scale of natural disasters are suddenly happened everyday, people should beware of themselves and beloved ones. Terra Project is the project developed for connecting volunteers and victims together to build a strong community. We have seen how when a large scale natural disaster comes, there would always be lack in number of officials [firemen, rescue team, civil workers] to help all the victims in crisis. Every person with the will to help should be notified where their help is needed. Terra Project is created for connecting individual victims to potential volunteers around them. You can tell people across various your social network sites about what is going on with you and where you are, with just simply One Click! With our various functionalities and tools, we ensure that the world where people are helping each other is no longer an imagination.

Q: Why did you create this project? What inspired you to create this project?

Not long before Imagine Cup 2011 started, Thailand was crushed with the greatest rain flood in its history. Over million households were damaged. However, only those villages that made it to the Television news were acknowledged and received huge showers of aids, while the others were completely ignored.

Our team had a chance to visit one of the ‘less acknowledged’ village on the university trip. Help did not come to this village, even as there are over millions of volunteers willing to help, because they don’t know any information, and it took experimental courage for our tour guide to lead us here. From this trip, we wish to create an application that will be the center for each volunteer and each victim to communicate in times of natural disasters, so that no one shall be unacknowledged anymore.

Q: Is this your first time joining Imagine Cup? How does it feel like?

Two of us joined Imagine Cup before this while other two are newly to this competition. The first participation was ended up because previous team did not have a good enough plan. We could not develop software on time. Thus, we try to learn from past that we will never give up again. This time we got an opportunity by being selected as a winner team from Thailand. We have never ever imagined that we could reach this point before! It is really unbelievable! Thus, we will do our best to achieve this competition. 🙂

Q: How has your participation in the Imagine Cup impacted your life?

Life with Imagine Cup is so exciting! Once we are the winner of Thailand, crowds are staring at us. Although we have to work hard on our project, all supports and opportunities come out every way! We gain lots of experience that will be the most precious moment of our lives!

Q: What is your plan on your project after Imagine Cup 2011?

We believe that everyone can be a part of the better world only if we work together to achieve it! Therefore, we will make Terra Project the central ground that ultimately integrate and unite all people and social networks together into the world largest community of volunteers. We have seen how mankind has overcome disasters when we work together, and from now on, we will make it much easier to unite and collaborate people together in face of natural disasters, with just one click.

“Imagine the better world, Imagine a better life, Imagine every possibility, join Imagine Cup!”

by Team NewKrean from Thailand, Imagine Cup 2011

Find out the latest update from Team NewKrean by liking the team on Facebook fans page or follow them through Twitter. You can also stay tune in my blog for more update on Team NewKrean and event of Imagine Cup 2011 Worldwide Final at New York City or follow the official Imagine Cup fans page or Twitter.

by Ooi Keng Siang – MSPSMT via Ooiks’s Blog

Introducing Team NewKrean from Thailand

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Team NewKrean will represent Thailand at the Imagine Cup 2011 worldwide finals in New York City in this coming July. The team is participating in the Software Design competition and will be competing with the other teams from countries around the world in the same category.

Team NewKrean developed a project call Terra Project. As the large scale of natural disasters are suddenly happened everyday, people should beware of themselves and beloved ones. Terra Project is the project developed for connecting volunteers and victims together to build a strong community. We have seen how when a large scale natural disaster comes, there would always be lack in number of officials such as firemen, rescue team, civil workers to help all the victims in crisis. Every person with the will to help should be notified where their help is needed. Terra Project is created for connecting individual victims to potential volunteers around them. You can tell people across various your social network sites about what is going on with you and where you are, with just simply One Click! With our various functionalities and tools, we ensure that the world where people are helping each other is no longer an imagination.

The team consist of 4 members. They are Kriangkrai Pipatvilaikul, Wannapon Suraworachet, Tanon Sirawan and Jirapat yaovatsakul. All of them are from Chulalongkorn University and Dr. Krung Sinapiromsaran is the mentor of the team.

This is just a short introduction of the team. Find out the latest from Team NewKrean by liking the team on Facebook fans page or follow them through Twitter. You can also stay tune in my blog for more update on Team NewKrean and event of Imagine Cup 2011 Worldwide Final at New York City.

by Ooi Keng Siang – MSPSMT via Ooiks’s Blog

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Introducing Team Cyber Knightz from Malaysia

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Team Cyber Knightz will represent Malaysia at the Imagine Cup 2011 worldwide finals in New York City in this coming July. The team is participating in the Software Design competition and will be competing with the other teams from countries around the world in the same category.

Team Cyber Knightz developed a project call Health3 . Health3 is an application to improve the health of cancer patients focusing on three important factors, the well-being, medication intake, and emotional support. Patients can get state-of-the-art technological approach towards food monitoring, medication intake monitoring, body vitality tracking, interactive physiotherapy exercises and awareness of nearby essential places to gain help and support. With cloud, patients can also gain the benefits of Health3 via a lite version on mobile devices. Our aim is to empower the cancer patients, let them know that they are not alone in fighting this cancer war, and lead them to a healthier lifestyle.

The team consist of 4 members. They are Tan Jit Ren, Chan Wai Lun, Wong Mun Choong and Ker Jia Chiun. All of them are from Asia Pacific University College of Technology and Innovation (UCTI) and Muhammad Anis Ur Rehman is the mentor of the team.

This is just a short introduction of the team. Find out the latest from Team Cyber Knightz by liking the team on Facebook fans page. You can also stay tune in my blog for more update on Team Cyber Knightz and event of Imagine Cup 2011 Worldwide Final at New York City.

by Ooi Keng Siang – MSPSMT via Ooiks’s Blog

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Introducing Team Gatotkaca from Indonesia

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Team Gatotkaca will represent Indonesia at the Imagine Cup 2011 worldwide finals in New York City in this coming July. The team is participating in the Software Design competition and will be competing with the other teams from countries around the world in the same category.

Team Gatotkaca developed a project call ‘Childhood’. Childhood is a revolutionary system that is built to guide mothers on nurturing their children. It provides mothers with valuable features to monitor their child development milestone, feed nutritious and healthy meal, and detect child disease earlier through their own mobile phone. Mothers will also be equipped with miraculous features in childhood such as mood meter and talent detection for their children. Childhood is an all in one solution for creating bright and incredible young generation in the future.

The team consist of 4 members. They are Dody Qori Utama, Arganka Yahya, Kania Audrint and Anggunmeka Luhur. All of them are from Telkom Institute of Technology and Dr.Tauhud Nur Azhar M.Kes is the mentor of the team.

This is just a short introduction of the team. Find out the latest from Team Gatotkaca by liking the team on Facebook fans page, following them on Twitter or read their blog. You can also stay tune in my blog for more update on Team Gatotkaca and event of Imagine Cup 2011 Worldwide Final at New York City.

by Ooi Keng Siang – MSPSMT via Ooiks’s Blog

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Introducing Team dreamBender from Indonesia

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Team dreamBender has won the first runner-up of Windows 7 Touch Challenge in Imagine Cup 2011 and bring glory to Indonesia. They will receive 4,000 USD as the winner of the competition. Let me give you all a little bit introduction of the team and their project.

Team dreamBender developed a project call Sparkins. Sparkins is a touch-based solution that helps blind children to learn the Perkins Brailler. It works just like the Perkins Brailler but uses a multi-touch tablet PC. A Perkins Brailler acts as a “pen and paper” in education for the blind. But, the brailler is actually heavy, noisy, difficult to be used by children, and the design is remain unchanged since it is firstly invented. Sparkins is equipped with adaptive finger position recognition to type, so it’s easy to be used by children. It is also equipped with a real-time sound feedback to ease the learning process.

The team consist of 4 members. They are Rizky Ario Nugroho, M. Endri Irfanie, Arnanto Akbar and Dwi Cahyo Nugroho. All of them are from Institut Teknologi Telkom at Indonesia.

This is just a short introduction of the team. Find out the latest from Team dreamBender by liking the team on Facebook fans page, following them on Twitter or read their blog. You can also stay tune in my blog for more update on Team dreamBender and event of Imagine Cup 2011 Worldwide Final at New York City.

by Ooi Keng Siang – MSPSMT via Ooiks’s Blog

Introducing Team MACARA from Indonesia

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Team MACARA will represent Indonesia at the Imagine Cup 2011 worldwide finals in New York City in this coming July. The team is participating in the Embedded Development competition and will be competing with the other 19 teams from countries around the world in the same category.

Team MACARA developed a project call EDCOS. It offer as a solution to the problem of global warming, hunger, and renewable energy. EDCOS Project is a controlled system for the cultivation of algae and use algae as a powerful plant. EDCOS project presents a way of cheap, easy, but it has tremendous benefits to overcome the problems we are facing today.

The team consist of 4 members. They are Ednaz Hermawan, Alfan Presekal, Reza Bhaskoro Wibowo and Aditya Rinus Pratama Putra. All of them are from University of Indonesia at Indonesia and Catur Apriono is the mentor of the team.

This is just a short introduction of the team. Find out the latest from Team MACARA by liking the team on Facebook fans page, following them on Twitter or read their blog. You can also stay tune in my blog for more update on Team MACARA and event of Imagine Cup 2011 Worldwide Final at New York City.

by Ooi Keng Siang – MSPSMT via Ooiks’s Blog

Imagine Cup 2011 – Students Solve World Toughest Problem Through Game

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In case if you don’t know about Imagine Cup and Game Design competition, Imagine Cup is the world’s premier student technology competition and in Game Design, Imagine Cup challenge the students to solve the world problem through game. Aren’t it is so cool that we can solve the world problem through game?

How can we solve the world problem through game? Although I’m an application developer and a gamer too, but I can’t really come out any idea how game can do that. Every year, the students in Imagine Cup, Game Design category impress me with their great idea. Some of the game might be simple, but how they relate the game and the problem are very creative. I’m looking forward to meet them and learn about their idea in Imagine Cup 2011 Worldwide Final at New York City.

Meanwhile, if you are interested to how students can solve world problem through game this year, meet the finalist of Game Design in Imagine Cup 2011:

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Imagine Cup Social Media Team – MSPs Head to New York City

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Just one more month away from Microsoft Imagine Cup Worldwide Finals in New York City in this July. For those of you who are not already aware of the event, the Imagine Cup is the world’s premier student technology competition. More than 400 students from around the world will participate in the worldwide finals event and represent their countries.

This year I have a very special mission in Imagine Cup Worldwide Finals. I won’t be competing in any category nor challenge, but I will be attending as one of the Microsoft Student Partners Social Media Team. As a member of the Social Media Team, I will be responsible for raising awareness about the Imagine Cup and helping to tell the story of innovative students around the world. To learn more about the event, be sure to follow @imaginecup on Twitter and Microsoft Imagine Cup on Facebook. Also, I’ll be posting to this blog, sharing news and updates from my Facebook page and Twitter account.

I will be joined in New York City by 24 other Microsoft Student Partners who will be part of the social media team. Follow all of the MSPs on their journey to New York City by following this Twitter list.

by Ooi Keng Siang via Ooiks’s Blog