Get your thinking caps on for the 4th annual UIST Student Innovation Contest. The goal of the contest is to invent new interactions on state-of-the-art hardware. We give you the hardware and a chance to win up to $1500, and you show us what you can do.
The hardware this year is a revolutionary input device, brought to you by Synaptics. The sensor is code-named “Jedeye” and features high resolution, independent tracking of up to 5 fingers, but also adds a new dimension. For more details, check out the announcement video.
You will have an opportunity to build applications using “Jedeye” before the hardware is made available to the public. Bring your demo to UIST 2012 and compete for cash prizes, including awards for people’s choice, most creative, and most useful demo.
We are also providing two travel grants of $1000 each to cover travel expenses & registration for undergraduates and high school teams ONLY. Eligible teams must make a video explaining their idea and showcasing a basic working prototype. For more information, check out the contest website.
The contest registration deadline is August 19th and one team member must be registered for the UIST Conference by August 26th to participate. For more details and to register, visit the contest website. For questions, email contest@uist.org. Make sure to follow us on Facebook and Twitter, where we will be posting updates.
We hope to see you and your entry at the UIST Conference in Cambridge, MA, on October 7th-10th, 2012.
UIST 2012 Student Innovation Contest Chairs
-Gabriel Reyes (Georgia Institute of Technology)
-Kayur Patel (University of Washington)