Congratulations to the following ten teams who are advancing to the finals of the 2023 GIX Innovation Competition! We received an incredibly diverse and impressive set of submissions from around the world, all committed to innovating in the space of technology to improve health, wellness, and the environment. The teams will be competing for a combined $20,000 in cash and prizes from our generous partners at Mitsubishi Corporation (Americas), Amazon, and Meta.

The ten teams advancing to the finals are:
· Boomerang, a portable, AI-assisted resistance training system for aging individuals with real-time data tracking and resistance feedback for personalized fitness plans and improved quality of life.
· CathConnect, a system for preventing traumatic urinary catheter extractions by allowing the tube to disconnect when pulled.
· DayFM, a system that provides a better experience for blind/visually impaired people when using public restrooms.
· EasyE Water Monitoring, an innovative use of sensors for water monitoring to give fish farmers better tools to keep their fish healthy.
· G.LED, a hardware project that aims to make LED bulbs more sustainable by replacing only the electronic components when the light fails.
· HarvestAI, which aims to make agriculture more sustainable and environmentally friendly through different AI models with specific climate and socio-economic value predictions to inform farmers' research and business interests.
· Heart Savers, a lower-cost wireless ECG to detect cardiac abnormalities.
· OneCourt, a system that uses haptics to make live sports accessible to blind and low-vision fans.
· Qresponse, an emergency response platform that aims to reduce the waiting time for emergency services in low-income countries and assists emergency providers in prehospital treatment.
· ScentCare, a device and companion app that provides a standardized and consolidated screening and treatment method for olfactory dysfunction (the loss of smell.) ...

Teague, a Design and Innovation consulting firm, wanted to understand how they could improve their user research team’s ability to gain insight into participant’s emotional reactions to proposed design concepts, in particular for large environmental or infrastructure concepts that might be logistically challenging to prototype and evaluate. The Immersive Research Lab team prototyped a virtual reality-based research tool that incorporates real-time sentiment analysis of a participant’s feedback, documented in a comprehensive web-based portal where research and design teams can upload, annotate, and share their research documentation. Their proof-of-concept prototype demonstrates how these features come together to provide additional insight for user research and design teams on how users perceive and experience proposed new design concepts. ...

@tmobile engaged with the MSTI program to explore how 5G can better support first responders and emergency response effectiveness. The student team explored how emerging technologies could assist first responder teams in the growing and complex problem space of school shootings. In consultation with school administrators and law enforcement, the team narrowed their focus on how they can provide accurate, real-time situational awareness to enable teams of multiagency first responders to coordinate and respond effectively during an active threat. Team Rapid Response created two elements: the Rapid Response Lens and the Rapid Response Web App. The Lens is a 5G-enabled classroom monitor that uses machine learning and computer vision to count and relay number of people in a specific location, while adhering to privacy considerations. The Web App is a secured web application that visualizes this data and gives first responders a detailed live thread map of the school and unfolding situation in the active threat zone.

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When planning large public infrastructure projects, agencies routinely conduct engagement and feedback sessions with members of the public to inform and gather feedback on proposed changes. However, there are often challenges in making the feedback process accessible to project stakeholders who: live in, run businesses in, or use the impacted space on a regular basis. In addition, the current approach does a poor job of creating an accessible understanding of how the proposed project will impact those project stakeholders. ⁠
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Working in partnership with @teague1926, the TranspoXR team created an augmented reality-based mobile application that allows the public to view proposed changes and design alternatives: in real-time at the prospect location and provide authentic feedback on proposed project designs. This mobile solution makes it more accessible for people to view proposed project designs, understand their impact, and provide feedback, empowering the community to better understand and get involved with potential changes to their neighborhood.⁠
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