More than 1,280 students registered for this year’s Malaysian Imagine Cup competition. Only 29 teams were selected by a panel of judges to compete in the Malaysian finals taking place May 17-19 at Awana Porto Malai, Langkawi. Congratulations to Team HDC and good luck at the worldwide finals this July!
Team HDC: Project Apple
Team HDC (Home Dietary Consultants), from the Asia Pacific Institute of Information Technology (Apiit-UCTI), won the grand prize at the Malaysian Imagine Cup event.
Team HDC developed "Project Apple," a dietary and nutrition planning system. Project Apple is a dietary and nutrition planning system aimed at helping families and individuals keep better track of their eating habits. In addition to being a meal planner, Project Apple incorporates a number of features, including: recipe searches based on specific ingredients, suggested items to eat when sick, and the ability to input different profiles for each member of the household with data on their dietary needs.
The team also created a mobile application which runs on the Windows Phone 7 platform. The app includes a feature to scan the barcodes of products to compare nutritional value.
Team HDC is made up of three students and a mentor: Keith Khoo Lay Kit, Choong Yen Yen and Lee Chong Yang with Ngan Seok Chern as their mentor.
Check out this video to learn more about Team HDC and their winning project.
Other Finalists: Team Celestial & Team MediaLab Studio
Team Celestial, from the University of Sains Malaysia (USM), claimed second place in the competition with their Map Integrated Disaster Sharing Portal (MiDS). Team Celestial also one the special award for “Coolest Application.”
Team MediaLab Studio, from the University Malaysia Pahang (UMP), won third place in the competition for their educational flash game about environmental issues called Eco Bumi.
