Question:
Team Members Full Names:
Answer:
Tomasz Ciejka, Grzegorz Glonek, Jacek Pintera, Krzysztof Szokal-Egird
Question:
Mentor:
Answer:
Jarosław Koszuk
Question:
Title of Project:
Answer:
eduko
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Project Overview:
Answer:
Eduko is a system, which main goal is to ensure easy and universal education in the less developed parts of the world. New technologies and cheap ways of sending information, like SMS or MMS, enable teachers to reach those pupils for whom education was an unavailable privilege. What is more our virtual board system gives teacher opportunity to interact with pupils who are far away. The only boundary is his imagination.
Question:
Technology/Software Used:
Answer:
Microsoft Software Technologies:
.Net Framework 3.5.1
Entity Framework
.Net MVC
LINQ to Entity
WCF Services
WPF
Silverlight 3.0 Mix’09 Preview
Compact Framework 3.5
SQL Server 2008
DirectSound
IIS 7.0
Windows 7 / 2008 Server
Visual Studio 2008 Team Suite
Expression Studio 2
Expression Blend 3 Mix’09 Preview
Non Microsoft Software Technologies:
WiimoteLib
Java ME
Java SE
Swing Framework
Sony Ericsson SDK 2.5.0.3 for Java ME Platform
Netbeans 6.5 / 6.7 M2
Ubuntu Linux 8.10/9.04
Interop Technologies:
SOAP
Open XML
Web Services
RSS
ATOM
MMS/SMS
REST WCF
Hardware:
Nintendo Wii Remote
Selfmade Infrared Pen
Sony Ericsson k770i mobile phone
HP iPAQ hw 6945 PDA
Video Projector
Webcam
Question:
Inspiration: What inspired your team to enter the Microsoft Imagine Cup and why did you choose the Interoperability Award competition?
Answer:
We've won the Interoperability Award in Polish Imagine Cup Finals in Software Design Competition so we wanted to compete with foreign teams which have also developed interop projects.
Question:
Team History: How did your team meet?
Answer:
We are friends from one University
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Team Experience: What experience did your team have with Interoperability Award before competing in the Imagine Cup?
Answer:
We had no experience with Interoperability Award before.
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Highlights: What has been the best part of the Imagine Cup competition to date?
Answer:
Possibilty to find solution for Millenium Development Goal of Universal Education
Question:
Inspiration: How did your team come up with your submission? Include which Millennium Development Goal inspired your solution.
Answer:
Our solution was inspired by Millenium Development Goal of Universal Education
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Challenges: What personal or technological challenges did your team face while developing your submission?
Answer:
Our biggest challenge was designing our mms/sms based communication layer to integrate the whole system. Communication with Nintendo WiiRemote contoler and using it as an IR camera proved to be quite demanding as well and making .Net, Java and Java ME work together was another technical problem that we've solved during developing time.
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:
We are planning to launch our own business based on that project and on project developed for Imagine Cup 2008