NYU-Poly Inno/Vention Competition
NYU-Poly Inno/Vention Competition
Sponsored by Time Warner Cable
The 5th annual NYU-Poly Inno/Vention Competition is all about big ideas. The competition challenges teams of 1-3 students from NYU-Poly, NYU College of Arts and Sciences, and NYU Abu Dhabi to develop and present an original idea while competing for over $10k in cash and prizes.
Semi-Finalists Announced!
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Project
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People's Choice Award Winner |
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| AntiCancer | Yangzi Isabel Tian | |
| Undergraduate Semi-Finalists | ||
| IronSuit |
Jonathan Samudio
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| The Cal Pal |
Ryan Knutsen
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| PP-WRD |
Jeffrey Corpuz
Aman Ali Stacey Kaufman |
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| Caption |
Michael Richmond
Rahad Miah |
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| Neocast.FM |
Luc Succes
Shirley Wynn |
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| AppsBidder.com |
Oladapo Ajayi
Asuquo Obong Thinh Nguyen |
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| Energy InSight |
Sumit Dahal
Chen-Jung Judy Mei Israel Desta |
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| AntiCancer |
Yangzi Isabel Tian
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| Your Local, Real Social Network |
Stanislav Palatnik
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| KinAd |
Mei Chan
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| Med-Pro | Akshay Gupta Nickolai Sampson Edward Roa |
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Graduate Semi-Finalists |
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| A Roadmap for Medical Care |
Christopher Bradley
Dmitriy Dubson Chetan Govind |
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| Seamless Infection |
Alan Perlstein
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| Smarter Smartboard |
Soung Yoon Lee
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| I Promise to Love, Walk, Bathe...and Diagnose Him |
Santiago Kielmanovich
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| SparrowBox |
Anand
Justin Lin Smihit Shah |
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| iDevice-based Multi-Modal Intuitive Interfaces for Human-Robot Interaction |
Jared Alan Frank
David Lopez |
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| Trem-blur | Jarrad Morris | |
Judging
Submissions are evaluated by a jury of influential investors and business executives based on their potential impact, feasibility, and patentability. But this is not a business plan competition, it is a space for innovative thinkers to get hands-on experience pitching ideas to their peers and to seasoned professionals.
2012 Competition Introduces Online Voting
This year the competition will begin with online ratings! Student teams are encouraged to engage their peers and the public in an online dialog about their ideas (without revealing intellectual property, of cousre). Online ratings will account for 15% of each team's overall score heading into the selection of semifinalists and earn them a chance at the $200 People's Choice Award cash prize. Online voting will be open from January 31st through February 5th, 2012.
Prizes
1st Place: $5,000 | 2nd Place: $3,000 | 3rd Place: $1,500 | People Choice: $200
Winners will also have free access to a number of mentoring opportunities as well as a patent attorney, who will assist with securing patent protection for the first place winner in each category.
Winners will be announced at NYU-Poly’s first ever i²e Gala at the Empire State Building. The Gala will honor two notable and highly deserving friends of NYU-Poly: Glenn A. Britt, Chairman and CEO of Time Warner Cable, Inc. with our inaugural i²eLeadership Award and entrepreneur Paul Soros ’50, ’05 HON with our inaugural i²eInnovator of Distinction Award.
Important Dates
Public Vote and Juried Executive Summary
Jan 30 Online statements and executive summary submissions due
Jan 31 Online voting begins
Feb 6 Semifinalists and People's Choice winner announced
Semifinals with Juried Review
Mar 1 Semifinalist review due
Mar 6 Finalists announced
Finals with Juried Presentation
Apr 5 Live presentations, winners announced, i²e Gala
Past Winners
2010-2011 Time Warner Cable Inno/Vention Finalists
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