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Microsoft has announced the 20 finalists of the Imagine Cup 2010 programming
competition which this time around challenges students to "imagine a world where technology solves the toughest problems".
The finalists, who will now transform their ideas into working prototypes, have been selected from over 100 entries, Microsoft says. the eventual winner will represent New Zealand in the worldwide finals in Poland next year.
Three of the most innovative ideas received the Dreamspark Award, a $1,000 prize split among team members. Winning ideas included a method for delivering data via FM radio to support the One Laptop Per Child initiative, a portable, solar-powered desalination plant, and a weather index reporting and insurance scheme for farmers in impoverished countries.
Microsoft's Imagine Cup programme manager Paul Lo says the Dreamspark winners, Team Apple Boys – Yeh right, Team Fleur de Sel Systems and Team Travelling Salesman, were not constrained by available resources and existing technology.
Four national finalists will be chosen during the next round of judging which begins February 22, 2010.
Preliminary finalists:
Team 4E-Waste – University of Auckland
Team Absolution – University of Canterbury
Team Apple Boys – Yeh Right – University of Auckland
Team Dominator – University of Canterbury
Team Elektro – AUT University
Team enpeda – University of Auckland
Team eUtopia – University of Waikato
Team eXtreme – AUT University
Team Fleur de Del Systems – Victoria University of Wellington
Team Group 21/Team Power Savers – University of Auckland
Team Lucky 7 – University of Auckland
Team Philanthropist – Massey University
Team Proactive – University of Auckland
Team {pithy} – University of Waikato
Team 23 – University of Auckland
Team Bean – Victoria University of Wellington
Team One – University of Auckland
Team Tree Huggers – Victoria University of Wellington
Team Vital Link – University of Auckland
Team PowerPlay – Victoria University of Wellington
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