Indosat – IWIC 2007 Results are Announced

The 2007 Wireless Innovation Contest from Indosat was closed last week. Winners were announced for three categories. (Here's the press release from Indosat)

Johny Sjam, welcoming the audience

Idea Generator – junior & senior high students

1. Anissa Ayuningtyas (12-year old), Mobile Wallet using RFID
2. Doni Prinanda, Mobile Phone Charger through Radiation & Vibration
3. Amrina, Wireless (WLAN AP) Application on Hot Air Balloon

Software Innovation – senior high / college students

1. Fahris Mumtaza Ahsan, Kongcow
2. Ahmad Zaky Syafiudin, Mobile Surveyor
3. Rudi Wijanarko, Biofinder

Hardware Innovation – senior high / college students

1. Lingga Wardhana, Intelligent Traffic Light with Traffic Jam Broadcaster
2. Teguh Widiarso, Solusi Pemantau Kepadatan Lalulintas
3. Yudi Ananta Rangkuti, Ponsel sbg Pemantau & Pengontrol Jarak Jauh melalui Videocall

Honorable Mention
Avivul Munthoha Amongsaufa, Running Text Dotmatrix Berbasis SMS dan Mikrokontroller

Line-up, IWIC nominees – entry dance

 

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IWIC2007, and the winners are…

Last two weeks have been busy weeks for myself. The next day after the MetroTV MDG award ceremony, there is another ceremony that I have to attend.

The award ceremony for Indosat Wireless Innovation Contest 2007. Basically, Indosat searches for talented innovators and opens a contest for everyone to share ideas and to create innovative software/hardware products. I heard that there are thousands of applicants… (My employer is sponsoring the program, so we do have some moral obligations to get this interesting program running well.)

So this is the award ceremony. Where politically, we have to be present.

Interesting facts are:

•  the winner for “Idea Generation” category was a 12-year old junior high student… designing a concept to implement RFID in mobile phone

• on the software category, apparently Indonesia DO HAVE talented software developers
• social networking service/software, combined with LBS, is among the most popular submission
• hardware, although the ideas are creative, there is still gaps here

Bravo guys! Keep up the good work. Let me know if there is something that MobileMonday can help

PS. The guest band was “LipStars” — they played this progressive rock/house/pop genre that I can not  digest or even listen to. I suddenly felt that I was wayyyy overage, almost over 40… (see these groupies…)