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Zimplistic
Chapati or roti is a staple in Indian diet. Yet it can take over 30 minutes to prepare a simple meal of roti. Repeating this at least three times every day is a cumbersome process.
Zimplistic's invention is an elegant automatic roti-maker set to be the rice cooker of India. With a push of a button, the roti-maker can mix, make and bake rotis from just the addition of water and flour to the machine.
Zimplistic's founder Pranoti Nagarkar Israni is no stranger to product design. Only in her 20s, she left her job at a leading electronic manufacturer to start-up on her own. She graduated from NUS and majored in mechanical engineering. Zimplistic aims to go one step further by developing more innovations such as the roti-maker, to make every meal more convenient to make and consume.
KAI Square
KAI Square has developed a video surveillance platform that leverages on the Teleco infrastructure to change the surveillance landscape, allowing live footages to be transmitted and received securely through 3G/4G networks. More interestingly, these surveillance cameras make use of intelligence analytics such as virtual fencing, intruder detection and face recognition that can instantly notify users upon an alert. This entire setup can be employed using battery or solar cells making them highly mobile, thus enabling users to deploy surveillance systems in any location effectively.
KAI Square’s founders Neo Shi Yong and Victor Goh Hai Kiat are no strangers to innovation. They have won the Tan Kah Kee Young inventor award and were part of the champion team of the Star Challenge Search 2008.
MINT
Membranes are increasingly used for water treatment, and the lack of specialized instrumentation for this industry provides an opportunity for a company with the right technology. MINT’s core business is to provide the hardware and software to improve the design and operation of membrane processes. With a range of technology solutions, MINT is able to provide companies with technological know-how to optimize water and waste water treatment plants.
MINT is the third company founded by Dr Adrian Yeo Piah Song who has a wealth of experience in the field. He was previously technical director of Blue Ocean Envirotech Pte Ltd, where he designed water treatment systems for factories in Asia. The team also consists of two engineers, both experienced in chemical engineering and process technology.
vCare Technologies seeks to become the leading provider of remote health monitoring solutions by supplying safe, affordable, wearable medical devices and software for real-time health monitoring. vCare's product mCord will continuously monitor the user's vital body signals remotely via a smartphone over 3G/WiFi network, and will save lives by taking pro-active measures like, alerting ambulance services, in case of a medical emergency.
The team is led by CEO Toh Yew Hong who has been leading multi million dollars project, CTO Deepu Chacko John who is an NUS researcher with extensive expertise in wireless and semiconductor technologies, COO Imran Arshad who has extensive knowledge in research and development, semi conductors and electronics, CFO Lie Lina Violita who has years of experience in financial services and holds an NUS MBA, Sales and Marketing Director Mee Kim who has years of experience in engineering field and marketing products.
MyAdEngine
Small enterprises or start-ups out there on a tight budget will be glad to know that customized advertising will no longer equate to a hefty price tag.
MyAdEngine seeks to create web advertising solutions for the SMEs with an engine to allow ongoing customization of their advertisements at a low cost. At the same time, the company can monitor the impact of their marketing efforts through statistical data and charts.
The team behind this innovation consists of entrepreneurial individuals equipped with an extensive skill set of marketing, product development and creative design, to complement each other.
DGI
Chronic liver disease such as hepatitis is a problem globally and liver cancer is Singapore’s 3rd most prevalent cancer. Two A*STAR technopreneurs have come forward with their latest development – a revolutionary biophotonic and computer-assisted diagnosis technology, Histo-Index™ that will significantly improve the efficiency and reduce the cost and time needed for pathological diagnosis, clinical research and drug development.
DGI is founded by Dr. Dean Tai, a postdoctoral in IBN and who has extensive R&D experience developing many biomedical imaging equipments and also co-founded StudentShop Ltd in New Zealand, and Dr. Gideon Ho, currently Assistant Vice President in the biomedical sciences division of Exploit Technologies.
Youth Category
Envite
The youthful team of 16 to 18 year-olds from Raffles Institution aims to make buying and selling eTickets easy for both event attendees and organizers.
Envite identifies that eTickets are now the preferred means of ticket sales with paper tickets becoming more obsolete. The team hopes to bring convenience, accessibility and cost-effectiveness to the process of ticketing.
Envite also provides value-added services such as providing organizers real-time statistical reports on their ticket sales and even an online community for users to network within the portal.
E-Thermnity
Team E-Thermnity takes baby-care to the next level with their product Chromi - a series of non-toxic, light-weight and durable baby milk bottles that incorporate several special features to aid caregivers and parents as well as to keep the infant safe.
With a strong background in engineering, marketing and research, NTU undergraduate students Brendan Goh, Fan Shufen, Tsang You Jun and Chen Yi have identified a practical problem faced by parents and formulated an interesting and innovative solution that addresses this immediate need.
SocialRangers
SocialRangers aim to create more job opportunities for the intellectually disabled and equip them with skills and experiences that allow them to be independent. The two-member team from NUS seeks to work with the Movement for the Intellectually Disabled of Singapore (MINDS). SocialRangers’ plan is to transform one of MINDS’ current business arms, the drive-in car wash services at SPC Telok Blangah to a mobile car grooming service provider.
As a social entrepreneurship and welfare based team, SocialRangers focuses on operating and growing the business through sound economic decisions to create long term sustainability.
Mpigeon
Mpigeon’s unique two-way mobile marketing platform allows businesses to push their message to the handphones of consumers. In turn, consumers can request information regarding the product through their phones.
The team behind this idea consists of Singapore Institute of Management (SIM) undergraduates from India, all of whom are specialists in a specific field. The team members have been inspired to dabble in the field of entrepreneurship, having assisted their parents in their business ventures.
Proleaf
Proleaf is an agro-tech company dedicated to produce plant virus detectors, targetting Orchid producers. A plant can be infected with a virus although no visible damages can be seen. The product uses the OCT tomograms system to show the structural damages on plant leaves due to virus attacks.
The team consists of 19 and 20 year olds from Hwa Chong Institution.
ProZo
Eric Hu, Alexander Chan, Jensen Tan and Sylvanus Quek, four highly enthusiastic research-oriented students from Hwa Chong Institution, have developed an advanced and breakthrough technology known as ProZo, that effectively eliminates frequent use of cleaning agents in homes and hospitals.
This technology utilizes nano zinc oxide to create a coating that can be used to give medical healthcare appliances, surgical tools and even the floor, a long lasting anti-bacterial layer.
