Otago Technology Innovation Challenge

That’s all from the OTIC for 2009

Two events over (Dunedin and Wellington) and we are wrapped up for 2009.  Thanks to all the schools and teams who took part.  We’ve had a great time and hope you all have as well.

Of course it would not have been possible without our sponsors.  A big THANK YOU to you all for the prizes and financial support for this event:

Finally, thank you to the staff from the Information Science department at Otago who made these events happen in 2009.

Thank you all, and we hope to see you in Dunedin and some of your schoolmates and the 2010 events.

Regards,

Melanie

Final Presentations

The final presentations from each team have now been posted online via Slideshare.  A link to each presentation is available below.  Congratulations to the winning teams.

Sun SPOTS:

• Naenae College - Naenae 2  **WINNER**
  
  • ECO Spot: When the spot is Eco. It’s Eco Spot!
    
• Heretaunga College - Taunga
  • LIFELINE: Medical Monitoring and Alarm System
    
• Otaki College - Dozile
  • Personalized Identification
    
• Newlands College - S.I.R.
  • SUN-SiO2
    
• Kapiti College - KCUBIC
  • SunSPOTs as Baby Monitors

Twitter and mashups:

• Heretaunga College - Quick Silver Warriors  **WINNER**
  
  • twitterme.co.nz
• St Patrick’s College Silverstream - Tech Stream
  • Twitsic: your music here
• Naenae College - Naenae 1
  • naeTWITnae
• Rongotai College - League of Associate Gamers
  • TwoViews
    

Multiuser Virtual Environments:

• Wellington East Girls’ College - Komputer Kooks  **WINNER**
  
  • Virtual Dance World
• Wellington High School - Nacht
  • FNiSL: First News in Second Life
• Onslow College - OC By-products
  • Virtual Retail: MUVE….Potential
    
• Wellington College - Colltek
  • Control Room

Wow!

There is only one word to sum up today and that is AMAZING.  We have been presented with a series of amazing presentations by the students here today.  The judges have deliberated and after careful consideration have come to a decision.

The winners are:

• Twitter - Quick Silver Warriors, Heretaunga College
• SunSPOTs - Naenae 2, Naenae College
• MUVEs - Komputer Kooks, Wellington East Girls’ College

A big thanks to all the students who came today, to our judges and the staff that made the day possible.

Be sure to check back here next week once we get the blog updated with the final pictures and notes from the day. Right now we’re out of here for a (well deserved?) weekend holiday in Wellington :-)