Altitude Medical
Idea Idols!
Winners of £4500 from the judges and £500 in the audience choice award
Alexander Roman Oshmyansky and Dan V Nicolau Jr.
Nosocomial, or hospital acquired infections (NIs) - such as the MRSA “superbug” are a leading and growing cause of death and disease worldwide. In the U.S. alone they are responsible for more that 90,000 deaths annually and $17 - $25 billion in additional healthcare costs in addition to countless amputations and other injuries. In Europe, similar figures apply. We propose and aim to produce a simple device that will substantially reduce the number of nosocomial infections in hospitals. Use of our product will dramatically lower transmission rates and save and improve lives, while tapping into an enormous and unexplored market.
CivSpark
Philippe Bradley
CivSpark is potentially the biggest revolution in philanthropy of the past hundred years. It is an open source philanthropy forum that’s going to allow everyone and anyone to create, finance and run contests for social good, not just the billionaires, wealthy foundations and governments that have been doing it for centuries- the Longitude Prize, the Nobel Prizes, the Orteig Prize, the Ansari X Prize, and even this competition.
Now, with CivSpark, anyone can contribute to prize funds that will spur and inspire innovation and progress around the issues that matter most to ordinary citizens. It’s an open and democratic gateway that will reward the best inventors and social workers in society as they strive to solve the challenges that citizens collaboratively set them. From local issues to global causes, there’s no conceivable scale at which groups won’t form to create contests that drive forward science, social issues and the arts.
Heat is Energy
Glen Mehn
Idea Idol!
Winner of £500 from the judges
Heat is Energy greens the data centre, using consultants and a new and unique application of cogeneration, remembering what each of us learnt in our first ever physics class, that heat is a form of energy. We see that not as a waste, but as food that
we can use to drive other industrial processes, with a signifi cant possible reduction in data-centre related energy usage.
NowIKnow
David Abelman
It is often said that students find choosing a specific career path the hardest. NowIKnow, a competitive scheme for UK students, will help promising undergraduates explore possible career opportunities and pathways, aiming to guide them
into a career where they will most happily fulfill their potential. .
Open Source University
Nick Shelton
Open Source University is a website that will provide university-level education for free. OpSoU. com will attempt to revolutionise higher education by providing immediate access to university-style courses and information. The website will strive to provide video lectures, audio presentations, textbooks, quizzes/tests, course syllabi, essays, online class discussions, podcasts and other free content. Some have called it Wikipedia for higher education. Open Source University hopes to give people all around the world a chance to learn more about the world.
Zoombu
Idea Idol!
Winner of £4500 from the judges
Alistair David Hann
Zoombu is the ultimate way to plan a trip between any two places in Europe. Zoombu searches every permutation of coach, rail, sea and car travel between the two locations, enabling users to find the best routes between the 2 places. Users express a preferred weighting between speed and cost, and they are provided with the best route for them. There is no longer the need to search through the bewildering range of budget airline and airport options, and the enormous number of route choices they lead to. Users can even book all the tickets as one package from the website.
