Doha: Microsoft Qatar announced the two winning teams from Qatar, ‘I Copy You’ and ‘Techno Commando Squad,’ who will represent Qatar in the first Imagine Cup Pan-Arab Semi-Finals, which will gather teams from 12 Arab countries in Doha in June. Team ‘I Copy You’ from Qatar University was announced the winner in the citizenship category, after presenting low-cost educational software designed to build communications skills among children with autism.
Utilising Microsoft’s Kinect camera, the software detects the motions of the child and provides feedback to a RoboSapien - a low cost humanoid robot - which uses the information to mimic the movements of the child. Team ‘Techno Commando Squad’ also from Qatar University, was announced the winner in the Innovation category.
The Imagine Cup National Finals, which was held under the patronage of H E Dr Hessa Al Jaber, Minister of Information and Communication Technology, saw participation from five local teams representing universities across Qatar.
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