A contest opens to encourage modern options geared toward creating a greater future in training, well being/drugs, setting/security, and area people improvement
Samsung Electronics immediately introduced that Samsung Tomorrow Solutions 2019, an concept competitors geared toward creating a greater world, might be open globally ranging from April 11th. The contest is an annual occasion which was held for the primary time in 2013 with an purpose to contribute to society by growing artistic concepts to unravel social issues. This yr is the second time the occasion is being held globally.
Applicants can submit their concepts in 4 classes, together with training, well being/drugs, setting/security, and area people improvement. Samsung Tomorrow Solutions helps the candidates develop and implement their concepts using Samsung Electronics’ expertise and capabilities, making it distinctive from different contests that merely provide financial prizes.
Now in its seventh yr, the competitors boasts plenty of profitable submissions which have made an affect on society comparable to a thermal imaging system and a conveyable diagnostic system for eye illnesses. These options are actually being utilized in fireplace rescue missions and in well being care companies in growing nations, respectively, contributing to native communities and creating a greater world.
Teams who advance to the ultimate spherical of the competitors after passing the preliminary and semi-final rounds might be eligible for monetary assist for additional improvement of their options in addition to mentoring by Samsung Electronics workers and specialists within the related subject. A complete of 200 million Korean Won (roughly 180 thousand U.S. Dollars) in prizes might be awarded to the winners who will put their options to the take a look at by growing and trialing them.
After the competitors is accomplished, the winners will try and make a tangible distinction in society by making use of their very own options to actual life conditions. For options which are anticipated to have a very far-reaching affect on society, Samsung Electronics will present an infinite quantity of assist for product/service improvement, partnerships, and preliminary enterprise prices to commercialize the innovation.
An ophthalmologist makes use of Project BOM’s moveable system for eye illness prognosis at a group well being heart in Quang Tri, Vietnam.
For instance, the moveable diagnostic system for eye illnesses offered by staff Project BOM, the grand prize winner of the 2018 Impact awards, obtained extra technical and monetary assist from Samsung Electronics to additional develop the expertise. Project BOM developed a retinal digital camera and a medical data platform utilizing smartphones to scale back the incidence of preventable blindness that outcomes from restricted entry to medical therapy.
More particularly, Samsung Electronics and the Project BOM staff collaborated to make enhancements and supplied the system to 20 group well being facilities in Quang Tri, Vietnam. Distribution to extra 20 well being facilities in different places is deliberate for this yr. This answer began from an concept by medical professionals and was realized with the assist of Samsung Electronics to deliver innovation to the medical trade in growing nations the place there’s a lack of superior gear for eye illnesses.
Samsung Tomorrow Solutions is open to anybody who needs to contribute to creating a greater world. Interested candidates can apply on the Samsung Tomorrow Solutions web site (http://www.tomorrowsolutions.org) by 6 p.m. on May 16th (UTC+09:00).
