Collaboration Across Boundaries
A New Model
Bringing together leading universities and organizations from all over the world, our interdisciplinary, project-based model teaches students how to take an innovative idea all the way from a workable prototype to a market-ready product.
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GIX learners have opportunities to collaborate with leading industry and nonprofit organizations on key projects to develop high-tech solutions to local and global challenges.
Launch ProjectsBuilt for Innovation
Designed to support Global Innovation Exchange programming, the Steve Ballmer Building offers a hands-on learning environment featuring electronic prototyping labs, design studios, AR/VR technology, and more.
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Recent Highlights
Congratulations to Shreya Chopra and Drishti Aggarwal of team G.LED for being awarded the first prize of $10,000 in the 2023 GIX Innovation ...
Congratulations to Shreya Chopra and Drishti Aggarwal of team G.LED for being awarded the first prize of $10,000 in the 2023 GIX Innovation Competition! Their team has created an LED light bulb with user-replaceable components, reducing the need to fully replace a non-functioning bulb when the plastic housing and socket is still fully usable.
Congratulations to Joelle Tudor, Liam Sullivan, Michael Malone, and Manny Pacheco of team Cath Connect for being awarded the second prize of $5,000. CathConnect has created a simple breakaway mechanism that reduces the chance of injury during a traumatic catheter removal.
Congratulations to Jerred Mace, Andrew Buckingham, and Antyush Bollini of team OneCourt for being awarded the third prize of $3,000. Team OneCourt is improving live sports for blind and visually impaired people by combining existing ball tracking technology with haptic feedback in real-time.
Further congratulations to our Honorable Mentions, teams QResponse and Boomerang, who will each receive $1,000. Sophia Musa and Colette Muiruri of QResponse created an automatic user and dispatch app that assists in prioritizing emergency calls in Kenya, and Yiyun Qiu, Yusam Hsu, Shiheng Ge and Bowen Zhao of Boomerang, who created a portable AI-assisted resistance training system for aging individuals with real-time data tracking and resistance feedback for personalized fitness plans.
Teams G.LED, CathConnect, and OneCourt will also be receiving RayBan Stories, Oculus hardware, and Portal hardware, courtesy of Meta.
We would like to express our sincere thanks to our panel of judges: Jie Hui of T-Mobile, Jay Thiagarajan of AI2, and Gaia Borgias from Teague.
Thanks also to our sponsors from Mitsubishi Corporation (Americas), @meta , and @amazon, without whose support this competition would not be possible. We are also deeply grateful for the time that our many dedicated mentors spent with our teams over the past months.
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Another day, another Milestone. ✅
Visit Day 2023 is in the books! Admitted students from around the world (like China, NYC, and San Fransisco) visited GIX to get a hands-on experience ...
Visit Day 2023 is in the books! Admitted students from around the world (like China, NYC, and San Fransisco) visited GIX to get a hands-on experience of the MSTI, meet with current students and alumni, and explore Bellevue and Seattle. The incoming class of MSTI students will be one of the very largest yet, and we're getting excited to welcome them back to GIX in the fall!
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Congratulations to the following ten teams who are advancing to the finals of the 2023 GIX Innovation Competition! We received an incredibly diverse ...
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.)
MSTI alumni and students gathered for a mixer, panel discussion, and networking GIX. The event included an alumni panel discussion on career ...
MSTI alumni and students gathered for a mixer, panel discussion, and networking GIX. The event included an alumni panel discussion on career development, with panelists discussing how GIX prepared them for their careers, insights they’ve gained since graduation, and suggestions for recent or soon-to-be grads. Thanks to all who attended! Alumni panelists included:
• Bety Mehide, Software Engineer, Google (Class of 2018)
• Chuck Scott, Product Owner, 3M M*Modal (Class of 2020)
• Angela Sun, Product Manager, Microsoft (Class of 2019)
• Ryan Wu, Senior Product Manager, Wyze Labs (Class of 2018)
Teague, a Design and Innovation consulting firm, wanted to understand how they could improve their user research team’s ability to gain insight into...
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.
Compete for over $20,000 in cash and prizes! Two weeks left to submit for the 2023 GIX Innovation competition. Learn more and submit your entry now!
Compete for over $20,000 in cash and prizes! Two weeks left to submit for the 2023 GIX Innovation competition. Learn more and submit your entry now!
Thank you to the nearly 100 mentors and mentees who attended last night’s 2023 GIX Mentor Program kickoff! The networking mixer gave MSTI students, ...
Thank you to the nearly 100 mentors and mentees who attended last night’s 2023 GIX Mentor Program kickoff! The networking mixer gave MSTI students, alumni, and industry professionals the change to interact and form meaningful connections. Next, a more formal matching process will take place giving mentees and mentors direct connection to people they could benefit the most from.
@tmobile engaged with the MSTI program to explore how 5G can better support first responders and emergency response effectiveness. The student team ...
@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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Since 1999, Mary’s Place, a Seattle based non-profit, has helped thousands of women and families move out of homelessness into more stable ...
Since 1999, Mary’s Place, a Seattle based non-profit, has helped thousands of women and families move out of homelessness into more stable situations. With the support of Starbucks, @marysplacewa worked with a team of MSTI students to support their mobile outreach specialists by streamlining and modernizing what has largely been a very individual, analog approach to resource identification. The student team spent time analyzing current work process and needs to develop a centralized, modern database and dashboard that supports specialists to match families more easily and efficiently with critical resources when and where they are needed. Specialists can see local, verified resources at-a-glance using the built-in maps feature. They can assess resource status and client eligibility, and immediately match clients with what they need, all from their mobile device or web app. The Honeycomb database is being actively deployed at Mary’s Place and integrated into their outreach process.
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