OAU Students Wins 2016 Microsoft Nigeria Imagine Cup Competition

Representatives of the Obafemi Awolowo
University (OAU), Ile-Ife, have won the 2016 edition
of Microsoft Nigeria Imagine Cup. The OAU team, christened Team Humane,
developed a solution for visually impaired persons
to be able to interact and navigate freely on their
mobile phones. The team is comprised of Otaru Babatunde, Oyatope
Blessing, Shoaga Victor, and Ayodele Obasegun. Microsoft Imagine Cup Competition logo The solution comes with an accompanying
hardware known as the Humane handle, which
interacts with apps installed on a device using
Bluetooth. A visually impaired person would be able to
navigate through various apps installed on his/her
mobile phone using the handle and an integrated
voice navigation system. Microsoft Imagine Cup is the premier students’
technology programme and competition, and a
cornerstone of the Microsoft YouthSpark initiative
which provides the opportunity for student
technologists, developers and aspiring
entrepreneurs to collaborate, develop a technology application, create a business plan and gain a keen
understanding of what is needed to bring a concept
to market.