Imagine Cup Competition
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| Audience/Grade: | College Freshman-Continuing Education |
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Community-based Service Learning Computer Engineering Computer Science Design Engineering Graphics and Visualization Entrepreneurship and Innovation General Engineering, Engineering Science Industrial Design Information Systems Information Technology |
| Special Topic(s): |
Student Competitions |
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Teaching - Laboratory/Experiment/Field Activity |
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Organization:Imagine Cup |
| Description: | Student competition sponsored by Microsoft and others. "Everything that the world may become "someday" lies in the hands of young people today. As they look at the road ahead, their close relationship with technology enables them to dream in ways we never have before. Put the two together, and you have young minds holding the tools that can make their vision a reality. This is the recipe that inspired Microsoft to create the Imagine Cup. What begins with a burst of inspiration and a lot of hard work can become a future software breakthrough, a future career, or a flourishing new industry. The Imagine Cup encourages young people to apply their imagination, their passion and their creativity to technology innovations that can make a difference in the world – today. Now in its eighth year, the Imagine Cup has grown to be a truly global competition focused on finding solutions to real world issues. Take a minute to learn more about the Imagine Cup's 2010 Theme. Open to students around the world, the Imagine Cup is a serious challenge that draws serious talent, and the competition is intense. The contest spans a year, beginning with local, regional and online contests whose winners go on to attend the Worldwide Finals held in a different location every year. The intensity of the work brings students together, and motivates the competitors to give it their all. The bonds formed here often last well beyond the competition itself." |
| Rating: | No Rating |
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| Keywords: | student competition design humanitarian design |
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| Related ABET Criteria: |
(c) Design a system, component, or process (h) Understand global, economic, environmental, and societal context |
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?Imagine a world where technology helps solve the toughest problems.? The Imagine Cup continues to encourage students around the globe to imagine a better world in which people are empowered by technology. The United Nations has identified some of the hardest challenges in the world today in its Millennium Development Goals ? ranging from reducing poverty and halting the spread of HIV/AIDS to providing universal primary education. The Imagine Cup is calling on programmers, designers, and technologists to rise to this challenge and use these Development Goals as their inspiration. ?The Imagine Cup inspires students to use their creativity to help change the world for the better by discovering new ways to use technology to address some of the world?s toughest challenges. Some of the greatest innovations and companies of tomorrow will be created by today?s students.? |
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| Publication Date: | July 2010 |
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WWW |
| Cost: |
Free |
| Download URL: | http://imaginecup.com/default.aspx |
| Metadata: |
IEEE LOM Record |
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