Question: Team Members Full Names:
Answer: Lio Shilei, Lim Shi En Chessa

Question: Mentor:
Answer: No mentor.

Question: Title of Project:
Answer: Embracing the Green Technology

Question: Project Overview:
Answer: Our photo essay reflects on the environmental impacts of our actions which our group has identified to be the toughest problems we are facing in the world today. We highlight the importance use of green technology in helping to overcome the excessive reliance of fossil fuel by incorporating the use of renewable and alternative energy resources. Through this highly innovative technology, we are able to create a sustainable environment for everyone of us today and for the future generations to come.

Question: Technology/Software Used:
Answer: Camera(s): Nikon D80, Nikon D70 Len(s): 18 - 135mm AF-S f/3.5-5.6G DX Zoom, 50mm f/1.8 AF, 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5G DX Zoom Software(s): Adobe Photoshop CS 3, Adobe Lightroom 2.3, Microsoft Office 2007

Question: Inspiration: What inspired your team to enter the Microsoft Imagine Cup and why did you choose the Photography competition?
Answer: Besides our passion for photography, we love taking on new challenges! Especially in Imagine Cup, and its intriguingly unique theme which focuses on the importance of technology would definitely made a good learning experience for us. So we decided to give it a go in the photography competition, and definitely hoping we are able to earn one of the places in the top threes this year.

Question: Team History: How did your team meet?
Answer: We belong to the same class in our course of study. In addition, both of us share so much similar interests, namely the japanese culture, staying up late to finish watching a series of drama and of course not forgetting about our undying passion for photography! It is destined that we are to be team mates!

Question: Team Experience: What experience did your team have with Photography before competing in the Imagine Cup?
Answer: We are both photography enthusiasts even way before we met. Later then, our course of study allows us to go deep into photography, touching on subjects we had never been able to learn during the pusuring of our field of interest in the past by ourselves.

Question: Highlights: What has been the best part of the Imagine Cup competition to date?
Answer: Definitely getting into the finals! It's not everyday you are presented with such amazing opportunity to be able to meet people from all over the world.

Question: Inspiration: How did your team come up with your submission? Include which Millennium Development Goal inspired your solution.
Answer: It was Environmental Sustainability. Before that, both of us had already have very strong grounds believing the importance of conserving our environment for the present and the future. With technology, it definitely helps to make our lives easier these days. Green technology has always been present in the environment to reduce the impacts of our actions. We had grew so accustomed to the lives of technology, we had neglected its abilities and importance. This inspired us to create so as to deliver the message of emphasizing the importance of green technology in our world.

Question: Challenges: What personal or technological challenges did your team face while developing your submission?
Answer: We had a tough time struggling with the tight deadline of only about a week time for the submission. Besides this, we had to also make time for our school assignments. Time management was just one of other issues we had to face. Coming out with ideas in such a short timespan could really be frutrating when they are not of the right susbtance.

Question: Future Plans: What does your team plan on doing after the Worldwide Finals in Cairo, Egypt? Do you plan to use your project to launch a new business?
Answer: As students, ultimately we have to return to where we are - which is to finish our course of study in Visual Communication. Both of us have plans to venture into the photography business in a later time. So we really hope that the experience we had accumulated from this competition will bring us far in the industry. In addition, we would also like to propose a campaign with our project in Singapore on emphasizing the use of technology to resolve the environmental issues we are facing today.

Question: Links to more information (i.e. website, blog):
Answer: http://genocidekills.livejournal.com - Shilei's blog.