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Imagine Cup 2012 Worldwide Final – Are You Ready

Posted on July 1, 2012 by Ooi Keng Siang

Microsoft Imagine Cup 2012 worldwide final is just around the corner! This year the worldwide final will be held at Sydney, Australia from 6th to 10th July 2012 and we already have some exiting activities like People Choice Award which is already running now. There are more activities waiting in the final like opening ceremony, culture day, prize giving ceremony and different categories competition. This year Imagine Cup have Software Design, Game Design, IT Challenge, Kinect Fun Labs Challenge, Metro Style App Challenge, Windows Azure Challenge & Windows Phone Challenge.

Just like last year, this year there are 25 MSPs from around the world in a team call Microsoft Student Partners Social Media Team (MSPSMT) which will report Imagine Cup 2012 worldwide final live through social media channels. I’m also part of the team and we will depart to Sydney tomorrow and get prepare for the event. If you wish to stay up to date what happen in Imagine Cup 2012 worldwide final at Sydney, Australia then stay tune in our official social media channels and we will bring you the latest update of the event from time to time.

Imagine Cup Properties:
Website: http://www.imaginecup.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/imaginecup
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/microsoftimaginecup
Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/imaginecup/

Microsoft Student Partner Social Media Team Properties:
Twitter: http://twitter.com/MSPSMT
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/imaginecupsocialmediateam
Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/WWMSP
Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mspsmt/

by Ooi Keng Siang – MSPSMT via Ooiks’s Blog

Imagine Cup 2012 – People Choice Award

Posted on June 29, 2012 by Ooi Keng Siang

People Choice Award is back in Microsoft Imagine Cup 2012. There are more than 60 teams had submitted their video this year in order to compete and win $10,000 USD prize sponsor by Bing. Check out those great projects the students created. Come support your favorite team by casting your vote to them before 9th July 2012. The winning team will be announced on-stage at the Worldwide Finals in Sydney, Australia on 10th July 2012.

People Choice Award: http://bit.ly/ICPCAsmt

by Ooi Keng Siang – MSPSMT via Ooiks’s Blog

Imagine Cup 2012 Malaysia Final – Day 3 @ Manukan Island

Posted on May 19, 2012 by Ooi Keng Siang

After a long day of competition yesterday, now is time to relax! This year Imagine Cup Malaysia is taking all the competitors to the Manukan Island to enjoy the great view of the island and have some fun water activities. The clean water there enable us to directly see the fish swimming around and great sunny day with wind blowing is definitely an enjoyable day. We also enjoy a great lunch at there too. I don’t want to write too much here, just look at the photos and you will definitely see how much fun the students got there.

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Imagine Cup 2012 Malaysia Final – The Winners

Posted on May 18, 2012 by Ooi Keng Siang

Here is the winners of Imagine Cup 2012 Malaysia local final. Congratulation to all of them. The Rhapsody from UTIC which is also the last year champion (Imagine Cup 2011 Malaysia final) will represent Malaysia to the Imagine Cup worldwide final at Sydney, Australia. Go go Malaysian students and make us proud! You win, we all win (Imagine Cuo slogan).

Software Design Champion

The Rhapsody – Asia Pacific University College of Technology & Innovation (UCTI)

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Imagine Cup 2012 Malaysia Final – Day 2 Summary

Posted on May 18, 2012 by Ooi Keng Siang

Finally the judgment day has arrival. A series of judging process is waiting for the competitors in order to selected the top 6 finalist out from 30 teams. Then then top 6 teams will be present again in the second round of presentation in order decide which team will be the ultimate winner of this year Imagine Cup 2012 Malaysia final.

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Imagine Cup 2012 Malaysia – Top 6 Finalist Teams

Posted on May 17, 2012 by Ooi Keng Siang

After the first round of judging, the top 6 teams that will enter the second round of presentation are out! Congratulation to all the top 6 finalist. Who are they? They are (in random order)

SLIM

Project: Gravida

from Tunku Abdul Rahman College

Team Drinking Water

Project: ENWIEO (Environmental Waste Interceptor and Organization)

from Asia Pacific University College of Technology & Innovation (UCTI)

Beyond Imagination

Project: 1 Bid One Hope

from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia

Sirius

Project: Hooray Hubby

from Universiti Putra Malaysia

The Rhapsody

Project: WizBoard

from Asia Pacific University College of Technology & Innovation (UCTI)

4GM

Project: Recycle Bingo

from Universiti Putra Malaysia

If you interested on the announcement, we have the video for you too. In case if you can’t see the video, the URL is here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSfASTAooh8

by Ooi Keng Siang – MSPSMT via Ooiks’s Blog

Imagine Cup 2012 Malaysia Local Final – Happening Soon at Kota Kinabalu

Posted on May 13, 2012 by Ooi Keng Siang

Imagine Cup 2012 Malaysia local final is just around the corner. Last year, the Imagine Cup Malaysia local final was held at Kuching, Sarawak where students have a lot of fun there and this year, the final will be held at Kota Kinabalu, Sabah from 16th to 18th of May. 30 teams from different universities and different states which advanced into the semi final round will be there to compete against each other. The winner of the local final will be represent Malaysia to the Imagine Cup worldwide final at Australia, Sydney this coming July 2012.

I was there last year in Imagine Cup 2011 Malaysia local final and there was a lot of fun at Kuching. If you interested to know what happen last year, check out the post Day 1, Day 2 and Day 3. I’m very interested to see what students bring this year because the projects that students develop are getting better and better each year and I hoping to see something even more exciting this year. Imagine students developing projects that can solve the world toughest problems, it is not an easy tasks and yet their step up to the challenge given by Microsoft.

This year we have 2 Microsoft Student Partners (MSP) whom will be there updating all the latest news about Imagine Cup 2012 Malaysia local final though social media channels. Wendy and I will be telling the story of Imagine Cup 2012 Malaysia final through Facebook, Twitter and Blog. If you are interested on what will be going on at the final or you want to know more about Imagine Cup, then follow us in one of the social media channel or all of the channels.

Wendy Lau (MSP)

Twitter: @HereWendy

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/wendypwl

Blog: http://imwendy2009.blogspot.com/

Ooi Keng Siang (MSP)

Twitter: @ooikengsiang

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/ooikengsiang

Blog: http://blog.ooiks.com

Official Channels

Imagine Cup Malaysia fans page: http://www.facebook.com/myimaginecup

Imagine Cup Twitter hasttag: #ImagineCup

MSP Social Media Twitter and Blog: @MSPSMT & http://icsocialmediateam.com/

by Ooi Keng Siang – MSPSMT via Ooiks’s Blog

10 Reasons to Care about Imagine Cup

Posted on April 5, 2012 by Ooi Keng Siang

The Microsoft Imagine Cup is a world’s premier student technology competition encourages students around the world to apply their imagination, their passion, and their creativity to solve the world toughest problems through technology innovations. In past years, students have created technology platforms to help relief workers locate victims, affordable devices to revolutionize classroom education in impoverished areas, and mobile games that teach children the importance of caring for the environment.

In ten years, the Imagine Cup has grown to be a truly global competition focused on finding solutions to real-world problems. Since 2003, over 1.4 million students have participated in the Imagine Cup with 358,000 students representing 183 countries and regions registering for the Imagine Cup 2011 competition. The Imagine Cup 2012 Worldwide Finals will be hosted in Sydney, Australia and we’re already excited to see the amazing ways that students will change the world through technology. You could be an Imagine Cup 2012 winner, so gather your friends and sign up for a competition today!

It is never too late to get started. Here, we give you 10 reasons why you as a student should join Microsoft Imagine Cup:

Reason #1 – Solve the World’s Toughest Problem

There are many challenges faced by our world today and even in our own local communities. Imagine Cup knows students have the knowledge, the passion, and the drive to make a difference. Imagine Cup challenge students to help solve the 8 United Nations Millennium Development Goals by creating real-world applications and solutions that can help make the world a better place. Students will develop, test, and build their ideas into applications that can help solve some of the world’s toughest problems, such as poverty, hunger, gender inequality, environmental sustainability, and access education and healthcare.

This is just part of the long post in Imagine Cup Social Media Team Blog. Check out the the other 9 reasons there.

by Ooi Keng Siang via Ooiks’s Blog

Imagine Cup 2012: Tips for Recording Video Demo

Posted on March 20, 2012 by Ooi Keng Siang

The due date for Imagine Cup 2012 Local Malaysia round one is coming soon and many Imagine Cup challenges second round due date too. As usual, recording a video of your system demo is usually one of the requirement for round one submission for Software Design in Imagine Cup Malaysia. If you haven’t start planing how to do your video demo, now is a good time to do so. Don’t wait until last minute because if you fail to plan mean you plan to fail.

Every year I’m sharing some tips and trick competitors should highlight and becareful when they are planning and creating their video demo of their system. I’m going to do this again this year. This is my personal point of view and it is NOT related with any Imagine Cup Malaysia round selection guide or what so ever. I would said, take it as a reference only.

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Tell Us Your Imagine Cup Story

Posted on February 5, 2012 by Ooi Keng Siang

Are you a previous Imagine Cup competitor? We want to share with the world your journey through the Imagine Cup competition. Your story, if selected, will be posted on the Imagine Cup website or we may contact you to collect more information. Each month we will feature as many new stories as we can.

Please answer the following questions and send them to stories@imaginecup.com, and don’t forget to include a picture of you and your team. All answers need to be in English, please.

1. Why did you choose the Imagine Cup competition?
2. What inspired you to create your project?
3. What year did your team compete and what was your team name?
4. What are you doing now with your project?

Want to know more about previous Imagine Cup competitor’s story? You can always find it out at Imagine Cup official website. So share with us your story. If you haven’t join Imagine Cup before, take a look at their story and create your own story by joining Imagine Cup today.

by Ooi Keng Siang – MSPSMT via Ooiks’s Blog