Imagine Cup Indonesia Announced 10 Semifinalists

Imagine Cup Indonesia announced the 10 semifinalists in the category of Software Design Competition. Four finalists will be selected out of the ten who will then compete again until a winner of Imagine Cup Indonesia 2012 is chosen.

The winner will represent Indonesia in the final round of Imagine Cup 2012 competition in Sydney, Australia, July 6-10, 2012.

As written by Kompas Tekno, the ten semifinalists are:

The projects they were working on are not ordinary project for Imagine Cup is designed by Microsoft to try to resolve world’s problems through technology. Still from Kompas Tekno, the software are trying to solve problems in different fields. For example, Senspulse that is used for health check based on pulse count, Heartnect for heart health, Lexipal for dyslexia therapy, LeafCode for agricultural proble,s and BrainStat for transport safety.

Imagine Cup is an annual competition held by Microsoft to find a solution for the world’s problems through technology. Held since 2003, Imagine Cup took “Imagine a world where technology helps solve the toughest problems” as its theme. In 2009, Big Bang team from Indonesia was awarded Windows Mobile Award whereas in 2011, representative of Indonesia, _dreambender_ was a runner-up in Windows 7 Touch Challenge.

This year, there were three competitions, namely: Software Design, Game Design: Xbox/Windows and Game Design: Phone. Other than the three competitions, there are also Kinect Fun Labs Challenges, Windows Metro Style App Challenges, Windows Azure Challenges and Windows Phone Challenges. Of all the competitions, only the Software Design Competition is held on regional/country round first.

Congratulations to all the semifinalists. May the best win and represent Indonesia in the Imagine Cup 2012.