Envent: E-waste is not waste any more
Registration Deadline: Wednesday, Oct 30, 201911:59 PMEDT
Submission Deadline: Saturday, Nov 9, 201911:59 PMEDT
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PREMISE
Mobile phone technology is growing by leaps and bounds, in an exponential curve so steep that what could not have been possible a couple of years back turns into a feature we just cannot live without today. Our cellphones have become beyond smart - perhaps even intuitive - from sensing when we wake up to how many steps we have walked on a particular day to our favorite hangout spots in the city, they seem to know it all. But have you wondered what happens to our old cell phones when we discard them for a newer and better model?
CHALLENGE
While solving each problem in a city individually might seem far fetched and not viable economically, Can we designers, think of systems that cross through these different problems and solve them in a productive way? Perhaps systems, where the outcomes of one problem can be solutions for another - such as can e-waste, provide us the necessary configurations to not only reduce the discarded electronics but to provide solutions to other urban issues as well?
Most discarded cell phones are still in perfect working condition and contain a plethora of components- motion, light, sound, camera, magnetic field, e-gyroscope and a lot more. Can these sensors be used collectively or individually, in an innovative way, to tackle real-world urban problems in our present day cities?
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Timeline:
Launch 18 May 2019
Seed Registration closes: 17 July, 2019
20$ Students, 25$ Professionals, 80$ Institutional Access
Standard Registration: 30 October, 2019
25$ Students, 35$ Professionals, 100$ Institutional Access
Submission Deadline: November 09, 2019.
Public Voting begins: November 10, 2019.
Public Voting ends: December 10, 2019.
Result Announcement: December 20, 2019.
Prizes:
Prize pool of worth 15000$
First Prize: 5000$
1st Runner up: 1500$
2nd Runner up: 1500$
3rd Runner up: 1500$
People’s Choice 1st most appreciated project: 500$
People’s Choice 2nd most appreciated project: 500$
People’s Choice 3rd most appreciated project: 500$
People’s Choice 4th most appreciated project: 500$
14 Honorable mentions for the best-received projects: 250$ x 14 Each
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