Tuesday, 28 July 2015

2015 Microsoft Imagine cup: Team Nigeria arrives US

Team Nigeria for the 2015 Microsoft Imagine cup has arrived the United States of America  for the Microsoft Imagine Cup, the world’s premier technology competition for the smartest technology  students all over the world.
Imagine Cup is a  global student technology program and competition that provides opportunities for students across all disciplines to team up and use their creativity, passion and knowledge of technology to create applications, games and integrates solutions that can change the way we live, work and play.
Team Lifewatch is made up of four innovative students  from the Afe Babalola University, Ado Ekiti, ABUAD-Adeyemo Kayode, Kevin Ahwin, Sobola David and Raymond Obianuju.
Alreday, the Team   has expressed readiness to make  Nigeria proud with their innovative solution called AsthmaVisor in the global showcase which begins today in Seattle.
AsthmaVisor is a solution geared towards a more cost-effective and efficient way of supervising asthmatic patients, especially children. It comprises of a Wearable device and a Mobile App.
The solution, according to the Team will  reduce child mortality and minimise the overall fatality of respiratory diseases by providing adequate environmental and physiological supervision for patients.
The team leader, Raymond Obianuju had  disclosed that the product is configured to monitor the patient’s environment and give early warning signals if a threat to the patient’s health exists, adding that  they have have a singular passion-saving lives.
Driven by this goal, we continually seek to leaverage on technology to make health care more efficient, accessible, and reliable, he said.
The solution, he explained  consists of a Mobile Application operating alongside a wearable device, which monitors and supervises asthmatic patients’ health status, ensuring that they stay safe and well informed of their environments. 
It is a solution geared towards a more cost-effective and efficient way of supervising asthmatic patients, especially children. AsthmaVisor is a solution geared towards a more cost-effective and efficient way of supervising asthmatic patients, especially children.
It comprises of a Wearable device and a Mobile App. We aim to reduce child mortality and minimise the overall fatality of respiratory diseases by providing adequate environmental and physiological supervision for patients.

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