August 25, 2016 – Mouser Electronics, Inc., the global authorized distributor with the newest semiconductors and electronic components, recently announced winners of the mouser.com/india-iot-design-contest/sponsored by Mouser Electronics, Murata, and Broadcom, and managed by EFY Enterprises Pvt. Ltd mouser.electronicsforu.com/. The contest, launched in December 2015, challenged engineers, students, and hobbyists to unleash their creativity by designing Internet of Things (IoT) projects that use Murata and Broadcom components.
After closing the contest in July 2016, Mouser recognized the top three winning teams mouser.electronicsforu.com/winners/ at Mouser’s Thought Leadership Forum on August 17. Winning projects were selected for their use of engineering practices and were judged on industry-ready standards, such as quality of the design and written documentation and effective use of components available from Mouser. The contest awarded cash prizes of Rs. 80,000 for First Place; Rs. 60,000 for Second Place; and Rs. 40,000 for Third Place.
Mouser is proud to be a major sponsor of the IoT Design Contest, donating electronic components to contestants in partnership with its valued supplier partners, Murata and Broadcom. “Our support helps inspire tomorrow’s engineers,” said Mark Burr-Lonnon, Mouser’s Senior Vice President of APAC and EMEA Business. “We are dedicated to inspiring young people’s interest in science and technology, and we are proud to sponsor a program that supports the brightest young minds and future engineers. We hope our wide range of electronic components will enable people to create whatever their imagination sparks.”
First Prize was awarded to Mr. Visakan NL for a project that could potentially save many lives when implemented in busy cities like Bangalore. The project handles signal prioritization for emergency vehicles and public transit systems, and has the potential to enable ambulances and fire engines to cut through the otherwise unbeatable traffic in congested cities. The winning design uses the IoT concept to manage traffic light systems to allow emergency vehicles to glide through green lights to reach their destination quicker.
Second Prize went to Mr. Bharath Sudarshan for a portable smart vaccine monitor system that helps people manage their medications. The design employs IoT concepts to send alerts to caregivers’ mobile devices that provide updates, warnings about outdated vaccination information, and information regarding patient status. Third Prize was awarded to Mr. Suresh VS for a smart driver e-monitoring and alert system. The system employs cloud computing, big data, and IoT to help save lives through real-time, sensor-based alerts in crisis situations.
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