Chilean Students Win Intel Award in Silicon Valley Entrepreneurship Experience. 2013 Intel Global Challenge at UC Berkeley Winners Receive $100,000 in Awards.
[The team of students received support from the Center for Mathematical Modeling identifying challenging issues at a chilean mining company.]
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS:
- Mobile Monitoring Station of Chile won the grand prize in the 2013 Intel Global Challenge at UC Berkeley, receiving a $50,000 award from the Intel Foundation.
- Mobile Monitoring Station invented a breakthrough system that uses portable sensors to collect valuable biomedical data about industrial workers.
- Other top-placing teams were Gameleon of Bulgaria, which developed a cloud-based platform for creating, playing and monetizing Web games; Karmashop of Mexico, which created a crowd-funding platform that allows users to customize how they receive donations; and Tensive of Italy, which invented implantable biomaterials for the reconstruction of bone and tissue.
Source: REUTERS
