“What is the Imagine Cup?” one might ask. Well, the Imagine Cup is a premier technology competition held annually by Microsoft - it’s the “World Cup of IT”! Each year teams are given different themes to presesnt how technology can provide solutions to make the world a better place.
This year’s theme was “Imagine a world where technology helps solve the toughest problems”. Being encouraged by our lecturer, Ms. Law, our team (.DOT: Kalvin Tan, Sofian and I) decided to join this year’s Imagine Cup.
In preparation, we did much research and discovered things we have never learnt before. It was a truly fun and exciting experience exposing us to technologies that none of our peers had even heard of or had the opportunity to use!
Our submission was a global social networking utility that connected people with problems to people with the resources to help them. We worked hard to develop our submission and to our pleasant surprise, we qualified for the grand finals in Pulau Langkawi.
Qualifying for the finals meant showcasing our work to Microsoft representatives, top industry professionals, investors and the press. We had envisioned a lot of formal presentations and technical work to be done, but we were in for a shocker! The competition was not just about presentations and technical work, it was a fun meeting with other technologically-inclined and passionate people, not to mention first rate games! We had treats too - a barbeque and Xbox 360 playing games such as Guitar Hero and Street Fighter with Microsoft staff! On the last day we went island hopping and sight seeing!
In preparation, we did much research and discovered things we have never learnt before. It was a truly fun and exciting experience exposing us to technologies that none of our peers had even heard of or had the opportunity to use!
Our submission was a global social networking utility that connected people with problems to people with the resources to help them. We worked hard to develop our submission and to our pleasant surprise, we qualified for the grand finals in Pulau Langkawi.
Qualifying for the finals meant showcasing our work to Microsoft representatives, top industry professionals, investors and the press. We had envisioned a lot of formal presentations and technical work to be done, but we were in for a shocker! The competition was not just about presentations and technical work, it was a fun meeting with other technologically-inclined and passionate people, not to mention first rate games! We had treats too - a barbeque and Xbox 360 playing games such as Guitar Hero and Street Fighter with Microsoft staff! On the last day we went island hopping and sight seeing!
The good news which wrapped up the event was that we had emerged Top 29 from 1200 challengers.
Competitions like these make college life interesting, eventful and meet our inquisitiveness. We could strategically apply theories to this challenge with fun, and at the same time, it was for a good cause. The next Imagine Cup is just a few months away. You can register for it, and who knows, you may be the next ultimate winner.
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