Winners of the INCA Award 2010

Published on 16. Dec, 2010 by admin in News, blog

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Congrats to everyone who participated in the INCA Award 2010 contest!
In fact, everyone of you is a winner.  But as in all contests we needed to choose the best from the best.  The jury labored an entire day (!) and finally managed to select 10 submitted applications that deserved an extra place in the spotlight.

Here are the results of the INCA Award Contest edition 2010:

The winner of the INCA Award 2010: Shoppy

Shoppy is a web site and accompanying iPhone app which allows volunteers (shoppers) and people in need to meet.  People in need create shopping lists, which volunteers in the neighborhood can pick up and deliver. The package delivery should be a social event.

url of the application: http://www.netwalkapps.com/shoppy
Team members:
Tom Nys, Gert Van Nespen, Sandy Cools
What the jury says about Shoppy:
The jury was especially impressed with the community oriented, inclusive idea of the application. It’s also quite specific in the problem that it’s tackling and well suited to the target group, and provides a full circle implementation including a web and mobile client.

Silver winners:

FeedSpeaker
Team members: Veljko Sekelj
The jury says: The application is well suited for the target group, innovative, has a high usability, and succeeds in simplifying access to internet news

Seffens:
Team members: Jan Plessers
The jury says: A very original application that is relevant to the target group, and combines high usability, a smart concept and strong implementation skills.

Tweets for Equal Europe:
Team members: Tapio Nurminen, Raine Rimpilä, Hans Garritzen
The jury says: Simple but innovative, and a tool to create a broad awareness in an original way. Might also help to create some sense of ‘shared problems’ across Europe.

Empaper.me
Team members: Pieter De Mil, Jeroen Hoebeke, Inge Schilders and Kerlijne De Smet
The jury says: Addresses the digital divide challenge with a content oriented solution. Original use of different media!

Bronze winners

WheelShare.it, Wheelmap iPhone app, Libre de barreras
Team members WheelShare.it:Jen Rossey, Pieter De Mil, Jeroen Hoebeke, Inge Schilders and Irma Roosen
Team members Wheelmap: Holger Dieterich, Christoph Bünte, Dorian Roy, Raul Krauthausen
Team members Libre de barreras: Consorcio Fernando de los Rios
The jury says: The jury would like to make special mention of the three applications (or mobile versions of existing applications) that focus on wheelchair access to ‘public’ places. This is clearly an important subject and the applications all make good use of mobile and online applications. The use of the crowd for information input also doubles as a means for creating awareness about wheelchair accessibility. We would also like to appeal to the different projects to exchange information to really create wheelchair access without barriers or frontiers…

iCouldUse.net
Team members: Kai Aras
The jury says: A good idea that certainly will benefit community building, but needs to work more on trust and security and might benefit from a more targeted approach.

CitizensOnPatrol
Team members: Joana Costa
The jury says: The jury is convinced that a sense of shared responsability is important in a neighborhood and attention to small problems helps prevent larger ones. We believe in the concept though the name might be a bit too police-like…

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The INCA Award 2010

Published on 15. Dec, 2010 by admin in News

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The INCA Award Ceremony will be streamed live here on thursday December 16th,2010


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Program:

9:00 – 10:30  Joint plenary session iMinds – Future Internet Assembly

  • Welcome, Mario Campolargo & Luis Rodríguez-Roselló (European Commission) – Wim De Waele (IBBT)
  • The Internet of Things, Peter Hirshberg
  • INCA award ceremony

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INCA Award ceremony

Published on 26. Nov, 2010 by admin in News, blog

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The winners of the INCA Award 2010 will be known on December 16th, 2010, at the iMinds Conference in Ghent, Belgium.  The Award Ceremony will be streamed on the website, but feel free to come and watch it live, at iMinds.

Anyone present at last year’s Award ceremony will recall the excitement and fun of INCA09 and this year iMinds keynote speaker  Peter Hirshberg will talk on The Internet of Things right before the INCA Award Ceremony starts.

See you at iMinds!
You can register here

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INCA10: The submissions

Published on 26. Nov, 2010 by admin in News, blog, submissions

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These are the accepted submsissions for the INCA Awards 2010:

Bláthy FeedSpeaker Surflight
Shoppy WheelShare.it AIRLINER
Substream empaper.me C.O.P. – CitizensOnPatrol
Wheelmap iPhone app eMotion Natter
ReadSpeaker Readget Libre de Barreras Athenea
AtKit Walking Green Android Sport Team Manager
iCouldUse.net iHear Wrappp.it
Seffens Access-city Couchcontrol
Tweets for Equal Europe Vote Your Song SOS 112
Quit Smoking Now Share contact details


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Access-city

Published on 26. Nov, 2010 by admin in submissions

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Access-city is a website, where you can make a request of accessibility for your city.
The website makes the link between the person who is in need and the council, then a dialog can start to solve the problem.
For now, this type of requests can take long and are different according to the city.
We hope that Access-city will increase this type of request, in order that accessibility won’t be a problem anymore.

Url of the application: www.access-city.com
Team members: Dorian OLLIVIER, Pierre-Louis SERRE

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Bláthy

Published on 26. Nov, 2010 by admin in submissions

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A mobile web application to track your energy usage over time. Add the values for your water, gas, electricity, etc. and see how your usage evolves during the year. This can help you plan your heating expenses for example or make hidden costs visible before the high energy bills arrive.
The application will run in any webkit browser (like Apple Safari or Google Chrome) but is intended to run on a smartphone like an iPhone or Android phone. No installation or registration is needed to use the application. The application is open source and free to use.

Url of the application: http://blathy.suffix.be/
Team members: Simon Schoeters

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AIRLINER

Published on 26. Nov, 2010 by admin in submissions

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AIRLINER – hand free navigation system / audio drawing app

Build for people with hand, arms deformities, motoric disorders, tremor, Parkinson, multiple sclerosis (MS) and no possibility to use a classic mouse & keyboard navigation system,

The information about airliner has been removed from the website by request of the developer.

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Empaper.me

Published on 26. Nov, 2010 by admin in submissions

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Many people (e.g. elderly) will always remain offline. Consequently, they miss many great stuff out on the Internet, stuff they would really enjoy. Wouldn’t it be great to allow them to view this content in a familiar way, offline and on paper?
EmpaperMe is the first to bridge this gap. We allow online family and friends to collaboratively collect content an offline person they care about would really enjoy. From this content, we design and print a personal magazine and deliver it to the letterbox of the offline person.

WheelShare.it

Published on 26. Nov, 2010 by admin in submissions

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Accessibility information? We’ll share it on WheelShare.it
The Internet has revolutionized our ways of finding information. A nice restaurant, museum, a nearby bus stop, it’s only a few mouse clicks away. All these kinds of information sources often don’t incorporate accessibility information. This limits the freedom of people with reduced mobility, if they are not sure something is accessible, they probably won’t take the effort to go there and find themselves disappointed.

With wheelshare.it, we offer a community driven website, which incorporates accessibility information of all kinds of places like hotels, pubs, restaurants, museums, etc. This way social inclusion is improved.

Url of the application: http://wheelshare.it/

Team members: Jen Rossey, Pieter De Mil, Jeroen Hoebeke, Inge Schilders and Irma Roosen

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shoppy

Published on 26. Nov, 2010 by admin in submissions

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Shoppy is a web site and accompanying iPhone app which allows volunteers (shoppers) and people in need to meet.  People in need create shopping lists, which volunteers in the neighborhood can pick up and deliver. The package delivery should be a social event.

url of the application: http://www.netwalkapps.com/shoppy

Team members: Tom Nys, Gert Van Nespen, Sandy Cools

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