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August 5, 2019 at 11:21 am #34250
#News(Startup) [ via IoTForIndiaGroup ]
Cisco thingQbator fostered innovation, nurtured entrepreneurship and helped create innovative technology solutions for social good
The Cisco thingQbator innovation spaces were set-up at Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management, Kerala (IIITMK) – Trivandrum, IIT-BHU-Varanasi, Amrita University-Coimbatore, Indira Gandhi Delhi Technical University for Women- Delhi and Trident Academy of Technology-Bhubaneswar. Over Six hundred students from across the five technical institutions got a first-hand experience on working with high-end tools like 3D printers, LoRa gateways, cloud infrastructure, AI optimized development kits like Jetson Nano to enable technologies like Internet of Things (IoT), Augmented Reality (AR), Virtual Reality (VR), Machine Learning (ML) and Artificial Intelligence (AI).
Apart from designing digital solutions to solve real-world business problems, the students were encouraged to conceive digital solutions to local community problems. Students with the best solutions from each institute were felicitated at the ceremony. Some of the innovations include –
Bend – a VR platform to gamify physiotherapy exercises
DOST – an application for students that help them cope with the stresses of competitive exams
TrashCash – a waste management solution that incentivizes usage of bins
Smart Gloves – an innovative solution for navigation using goggles while driving two wheelers without having to look at a smartphone
Doctor around you – transitioning into Nasscom10k in Pune and start the trial in Pune city with 150 doctors
SAK being given a grant of INR10 lakh for MVP
L-Vend already having 3 paying customers for their liquid dispenser
Parking Hero conducting pilots in four parking lots in New Delhi.
They will also be setting up a sixth thingQbator at Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology (MNNIT), Allahabad.
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