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Silicon Valley Innovation Challenge 2012 Winners

Most Innovative Idea Exhibit

1st prize - Smart Bulb (Brandon Schlinker, Stephanie Fung, Phil Cyr)
2nd prize - Right Products (Chris Ayad, Jonathan Juntado, Jacob Lafleur, Mark Messenger, Steven   Montalv)
3rd prize - H2O Soft Touch (Omer Birger, Jake Neuwelt, Katie Galatolo, Kevin Gordon)

Special mentions:

Android Store
BioReady
BioSur
China Gridiron League (CGL)
Cranial Ocular Shield
Froyotini
Garden to Table Community Farm
MyCycle
Stack Table
Shopping Chart
UniEscalator

Techshop Award

1st prize -  Smart Bulb (Brandon Schlinker, Stephanie Fung, Phil Cyr)
2nd prize -  Right Products (Chris Ayad, Jonathan Juntado, Jacob Lafleur, Mark Messenger, Steven Montalv)      
3rd prize - aBike (Bryan de Leon)

Social Innovation Award

1st prize -  Superway Pod Car System (Christina Jorgensen)
2nd prize -  Garden to Table Community Farm
3rd prize - Shelter in India (Rupy Kaloti)

Elevator Pitch Contest

1st prize -  Mobates (Mo Ibrahim, Jon Tran, Lucas Hopkins)
2nd prize -  Smart Bulb (Brandon Schlinker, Stephanie Fung, Phil Cyr)
3rd prize - Froyotini (Sandyha Kodippily, Denny Vongkhanchanh, Vanessa HernandezSp)                              

Silicon Valley Innovation Challenge, 2012

Registration Opens: September 3

Deadline for submission of ideas: November 16

Email notification to finalists will be sent out on: November 27

The Challenge:
FINALISTS SHOWCASE
December 6, 2012 (Thursday)
11.30am - 5.30pm
Barrett Ballroom
3rd floor,  Student Union  Building
San Jose State University

SVIC Prizes:

Best Innovative Idea 1st prize: $1500
Elevator pitch 1st prize: $500
Social Innovation Awards: $750
Techshop Award: $1500

SVIC 2012 Finalists (arranged alphabetically):

  1. 3DPrintSolution

  2. A Better Retirement

  3. AeroView Systems- A Near Space Experience

  4. Assist +

  5. Baby Temp

  6. BioReady-Equipping Science for Success

  7. BIOSUR, Innovation for Global Health

  8. China Gridiron League (CGL)

  9. Coarse Grained Modeling of the BIV Tar Tat Peptide

  10. Creating a Cranial Ocular Shield to Reduce Damage from X-ray

  11. Cyclopod

  12. Domus Faveo

  13. Domus Gratia- Next gen, green modular home molding systems

  14. E-Bike: Compressed Air Pedal Assist Bicycle

  15. Errorfix.net - Troubleshooting your everyday IT problems

  16. Fast, Social, and Analytic CRM for a Real Estate Market

  17. Friendly Foodie Kitchen

  18. FroYoTini: Alcohol Infused Frozen Yogurt

  19. Garden to Table Community Farm

  20. H2O Soft Touch

  21. Icrib

  22. InStyle.me where style happens

  23. Item Finder App

  24. Karate Master

  25. KickTheList

  26. Lay-zzZ Stand

  27. Light-jacket: Innovative Safety Vest

  28. Lightweight Bike with Endoskeletal Lock

  29. MoBates

  30. Mobile Mousepad, an ergonomic use anywhere mouse pad

  31. Nap Pods!

  32. Optimization of Material Routing for Contract Manufacturers

  33. Plug-Ins

  34. Right Products

  35. Risk-Based Validation Methodology for Computerized Systems

  36. Shelter in India

  37. Shopping Chart

  38. Smart Dumbells

  39. SmartBulb: The Intelligent Lighting System

  40. SpeakEng: An English Dialect Office Suite Add-On

  41. Stack Table

  42. Superway Pod Car System - Cars that do the driving for you!

  43. T-Bear Network Replayer

  44. The Android Store - Android Doctor

  45. The Wrench Monkeys: Auto Repair Shop on Wheels

  46. Thing Tag!

  47. Uni-Escalator

  48. ChompUs (non-competitive entry)

  49. Spartups: Where anyone can innovate (non-competitive entry)