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Big Ideas Winners

Paladin Drones (UC Berkeley)
2017, 3rd Place
UC Berkeley

Paladin Drones (UC Berkeley)

Information for Action (UC Berkeley)
2017, 3rd Place
UC Berkeley

Information for Action (UC Berkeley)

Reach 1600 Foundation (UC Berkeley)
2017, 2nd Place
UC Berkeley

Reach 1600 Foundation (UC Berkeley)

Serify (UC San Francisco)
2017, 1st Place
UC San Francisco

Serify (UC San Francisco)

Dost: A Mobile Platform to Promote Parent Engagement and Early Childhood Education (UC Berkeley)
2016, 1st Place
UC Berkeley

Dost: A Mobile Platform to Promote Parent Engagement and Early Childhood Education (UC Berkeley)

MindFull™ Technologies, Inc. (UC Irvine)
2016, Honorable Mention
UC Irvine

MindFull™ Technologies, Inc. (UC Irvine)

PillPal (UC Berkeley)
2016, Honorable Mention
UC Berkeley

PillPal (UC Berkeley)

et al. Health (UC Berkeley)
2016, 3rd Place
UC Berkeley

et al. Health (UC Berkeley)

Wildfire (UC Berkeley)
2016, 2nd Place
UC Berkeley

Wildfire (UC Berkeley)

LiftEd (UC Berkeley)
2016, 1st Place
UC Berkeley

LiftEd (UC Berkeley)

TIRO (UC Berkeley)
2015, 2nd Place
UC Berkeley

TIRO (UC Berkeley)

OhMyCause! (UC Berkeley)
2015, Honorable Mention
UC Berkeley

OhMyCause! (UC Berkeley)

Aqua Power: Feed Forward to a Secure Water Future (UC Berkeley)
2015, 3rd Place
UC Berkeley

Aqua Power: Feed Forward to a Secure Water Future (UC Berkeley)

BCAPI (UC Berkeley)
2015, 1st Place
UC Berkeley

BCAPI (UC Berkeley)

MMS Assisted Reading System (UC Santa Cruz)
2015
UC Santa Cruz

MMS Assisted Reading System (UC Santa Cruz)

Padhne.De (UC Berkeley)
2015, 3rd Place
UC Berkeley

Padhne.De (UC Berkeley)

Piezoelectric Shoe Sole GPS Tracker (UC Berkeley)
2015, Honorable Mention
UC Berkeley

Piezoelectric Shoe Sole GPS Tracker (UC Berkeley)

Smart Diaphragm (UC Berkeley)
2015, 3rd Place
UC Berkeley

Smart Diaphragm (UC Berkeley)

Lifenik (UC Berkeley)
2015, 2nd Place
UC Berkeley

Lifenik (UC Berkeley)

MyReadingTablet (MRT) (Monash University)
2015, 2nd Place
Monash University

MyReadingTablet (MRT) (Monash University)

Creating Decodable Readers in Haitian Creole  (College of William and Mary)
2015, 1st Place
Mobiles for Reading

Creating Decodable Readers in Haitian Creole (College of William and Mary)

PINVoice (UC Berkeley)
2015
UC Berkeley

PINVoice (UC Berkeley)

Gyaan (UC Berkeley)
2015, Honorable Mention
UC Berkeley

Gyaan (UC Berkeley)

Sign UP (UC Berkeley)
2014, Honorable Mention
UC Berkeley

Sign UP (UC Berkeley)

Aeolus: Detecting Narcotics-Induced Respiratory Depression (UC Berkeley)
2014, Honorable Mention
UC Berkeley

Aeolus: Detecting Narcotics-Induced Respiratory Depression (UC Berkeley)

Sahay (UC Berkeley)
2014, 3rd Place
UC Berkeley

Sahay (UC Berkeley)

Dropsense (UC Berkeley)
2014, 2nd Place
UC Berkeley

Dropsense (UC Berkeley)

Glucose ENOSE (UC Berkeley)
2014, 1st Place
UC Berkeley

Glucose ENOSE (UC Berkeley)

Remote Cleft Therapy for Young Children through a Mobile Game (UC Santa Cruz)
2014, 2nd Place
UC Santa Cruz

Remote Cleft Therapy for Young Children through a Mobile Game (UC Santa Cruz)

m3d: Mass Minable Medical Data (UC Berkeley)
2013, 3rd Place
UC Berkeley

m3d: Mass Minable Medical Data (UC Berkeley)

Small, Low-Cost Unmanned Aerial Vehicles for CAL FIRE Reconnaissance (UC Merced)
2013, 2nd Place
UC Merced

Small, Low-Cost Unmanned Aerial Vehicles for CAL FIRE Reconnaissance (UC Merced)

Low-Cost Utility-Driven Guardian Robot for Older Persons Living Alone (UC Santa Cruz)
2013, 1st Place
UC Santa Cruz

Low-Cost Utility-Driven Guardian Robot for Older Persons Living Alone (UC Santa Cruz)

Facilitating Independence for Photo Capturing, Browsing, and Sharing for Blind People (UC Santa Cruz)
2013, 2nd Place
UC Santa Cruz

Facilitating Independence for Photo Capturing, Browsing, and Sharing for Blind People (UC Santa Cruz)

ParkExperienceMap (UC Berkeley)
2013, 1st Place
UC Berkeley

ParkExperienceMap (UC Berkeley)

Pop-Up Radio Archive (UC Berkeley)
2012, Honorable Mention
UC Berkeley

Pop-Up Radio Archive (UC Berkeley)

Minimally Obtrusive Wearable Device for Continuous Interactive Cognitive and Neurological Assessment
2008
Information Technology for Society

Minimally Obtrusive Wearable Device for Continuous Interactive Cognitive and Neurological Assessment

Integrated Diabetes Management
2008
Information Technology for Society

Integrated Diabetes Management

Game Based Disaster Emergency Response Training
2008
Information Technology for Society

Game Based Disaster Emergency Response Training

Coupling Wind Generators with Flexible Loads
2008
Information Technology for Society

Coupling Wind Generators with Flexible Loads

Bringing Reliable Power & Mobile Communication to West Africa
2008
Information Technology for Society

Bringing Reliable Power & Mobile Communication to West Africa

Application of Bayesian Networks to Infrastructure Risk Management
2008
Information Technology for Society

Application of Bayesian Networks to Infrastructure Risk Management

iCare
2007
Information Technology for Society

iCare

TxtWorker (UC Berkeley)
2012, Honorable Mention
UC Berkeley

TxtWorker (UC Berkeley)

The Pika Pen (UC Berkeley)
2012, 3rd Place
UC Berkeley

The Pika Pen (UC Berkeley)

Pathologicode (UC Davis)
2012, 2nd Place
UC Davis

Pathologicode (UC Davis)

Politify (UC Berkeley)
2012, 1st Place
UC Berkeley

Politify (UC Berkeley)

MobileWorks (UC Berkeley)
2011, 3rd Place
UC Berkeley

MobileWorks (UC Berkeley)

Crime Fighter (UC Berkeley)
2011, 2nd Place
UC Berkeley

Crime Fighter (UC Berkeley)

Technology for enabling collaborative public health interventions: Dynamic GIS mapping of hepatitis B (UC Berkeley)
2011, 3rd Place
UC Berkeley

Technology for enabling collaborative public health interventions: Dynamic GIS mapping of hepatitis B (UC Berkeley)

Data in the First Mile: The case for Shreddr and paper-based data collection (UC Berkeley)
2011, 2nd Place
UC Berkeley

Data in the First Mile: The case for Shreddr and paper-based data collection (UC Berkeley)

From Crop to Cup (UC Berkeley)
2011, 1st Place
UC Berkeley

From Crop to Cup (UC Berkeley)

Shreddr: Data from Paper to the Cloud (UC Berkeley)
2011, 2nd Place
UC Berkeley

Shreddr: Data from Paper to the Cloud (UC Berkeley)

Silicon Based Portable Imaging Device (UC Berkeley)
2009, 3rd Place
UC Berkeley

Silicon Based Portable Imaging Device (UC Berkeley)

San Quentin All Access Computer Center (UC Berkeley)
2009, 1st Place
UC Berkeley

San Quentin All Access Computer Center (UC Berkeley)

Point of Care Device (UC Berkeley)
2009, Honorable Mention
UC Berkeley

Point of Care Device (UC Berkeley)

Metamouse: Technology to Aid Multiple Users in Sharing Existing Applications (UC Berkeley)
2009, Honorable Mention
UC Berkeley

Metamouse: Technology to Aid Multiple Users in Sharing Existing Applications (UC Berkeley)

Hyoumanity (UC Berkeley)
2009, 2nd Place
UC Berkeley

Hyoumanity (UC Berkeley)

CINCH: Cell Phone Technologies to Increase Nigerian Community Health (UC Santa Cruz)
2009, Honorable Mention
UC Santa Cruz

CINCH: Cell Phone Technologies to Increase Nigerian Community Health (UC Santa Cruz)

Chronic Disease Tracking & Management (UC Berkeley)
2009, Honorable Mention
UC Berkeley

Chronic Disease Tracking & Management (UC Berkeley)

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