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After 9 month working on the project that we (me and my team) created for the poland imaginecup 2010, and making a hardware software solution. We won the 2nd place!

We have passed over 3 different stages. The first stage, each team had to send their proposals by email to the ImagineCup Committee. After a week, from the deadline… They sent us an email, congratulating us for qualifying into the next round! There was 16 teams who qualified in this round. Half of them where from an institute called ITI (first time to hear about it).

The first presentation that we made was in the morning at 11:00 AM, and it was very nice and we showed them the live demo of the Software (C#, SQL Server, WPF, GMaps) and Hardware (GM862 , GPRS, GSM, RC car). Looking at the reactions of the judges they were thrilled and very impressed about the idea that we came with. There was one MSP member telling us that this was one of the best presentations that he have ever seen.

The next day, they sent us an email telling us that we have qualified to the next round (Top 8). So we went there the next Saturday to give our presentation to another judging team and they were thrilled. One judge told us “Very impressive work” while the other said “very good work”. I was so happy to hear that from the judges…

The next day, they sent us an email telling us that we have qualified to the final round. And the next presentation was on the next Saturday (yesterday).

We were there at 9:00 AM to rehearse for 30 minutes and then start at 11:00 AM. In the end of the day (at about 3:30 PM) the winners were announced.

Team19- First Place
G-Cubed – Second Place (That is me )
Wiiii – Third Place

We are now waiting for Microsoft to send us the certificates, but this might take a couple of months as one staff member told us.

Our solution that we offered was going to save more than 1,300 Life/Day!
In the end, I wanted to say to the team who got 1st place, best of luck in the Global Finals!

This was an idea that we made with Vodafone as a sponsor. And we won the first place in the contest that Tanta University – Faculty of Engineering made. We were supposed to meet the Minister of State for Administer Development Dr. Ahmed Darwish, but I was in Germany. So I didn’t have the chance to meet him, but one of my team mates went there and we were awarded 1st Place.

After a year, IEEE Egypt made a ceremony for the people who got awarded in several contests. It was really something, to get awarded for a project that you did and will help the people in their daily life later on.

The project that we created was handed to Vodafone.