Munich, 22nd of December – From new means of connecting developed hardware to ground-breaking technologies, the evolving IoT innovations are contributing to solving thousands of issues that people face in their everyday lives. And this year the IOT/WT Innovation World Cup® 2017/18 dived into these opportunities.
This edition of the IOT/WT Innovation World Cup® was extraordinary with more than 900 contestants worldwide, registering to the competition and submitting their pioneering solutions. Convinced by their innovativeness, technological feasibility, market readiness and strategic approaches, our panel of judges had the difficult task of selecting the top IoT finalists of the IOT/WT Innovation World Cup® 2017/18 in six categories (city, healthcare, home & lifestyle, industrial, retail and transportation).
And now you can connect with the best 32 out of 940 in Barcelona. The pitch and award ceremony will be hosted by ACCIO, the official Innovation World Cup® Series partner in Spain and will take place at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona on February 27th at 5.15 PM. The Innovation World Cup® finalists will present their solutions live to an audience of industry experts, media and representatives from the Innovation World Cup® partners: STMicroelectronics, LoRa Alliance™, Gemalto, EBV Elektronik, Telefonica Next, AIQ Smart Clothing, VARTA Microbattery and Cicor Group.
Listed in alphabetical order, here are the 32 finalists of IOT/WT Innovation World Cup®, the LoRaWAN™ Challenge and the Gemalto Security Award:
City:
- CTSuite by CityTaps (France)
- Hawa Dawa by Hawa Dawa (Germany)
- Loriot by LORIOT (Switzerland)
- Shaft monitor by digimondo GmbH (Germany)
Healthcare:
- Aladin – the magic connected lamp by DOMALYS (France)
- Smart-Cot by Nachshon (United Kingdom)
- StethoMe™ – home stethoscope by StethoMe™ (Poland)
- We save by Adan Medical Innovation (Spain)
Home & lifestyle:
- Al Bicchiere by beexlab srl (Italy)
- Smart Lamp by Luke Roberts GmbH (Austria)
- TipCrop Oasis by Tip Crop (United Kingdom)
- World first smart personal air conditioner by Evapolar Ltd (Cyprus)
Industrial:
- Heap Leach Mining by Scanimetrics Inc. (Canada)
- IDIAG Battery by INTESENS (France)
- Show water consumption and trigger events on alarms by G. BERNHARDT’s Söhne Ges.m.b.H. (Austria)
- SteamIQ, Advanced Steam Trap Monitoring by SteamIQ (United States)
Retail:
- Dor: Operations driven by foot traffic analytics by Dor (United States)
- Post Home Button by Post CH AG (Switzerland)
- Sensor Smart Kitchens by CM Systems LLC (United States)
- Toposens 3D ultrasound sensor for smart buildings by Toposens GmbH (Germany)
Transportation:
- FAME Transponders for Small Aircraft and Small Maritime Vessels BY Futuristic Aviation and Maritime Enterprise, Inc. (Philippines)
- miaLinkup by Sigma Smart Technologies, LLC (United States)
- MyClose, the first motorbike lock that calls you on your smartphone! By MYCLOSE (Italy)
- NB IOT Bike Sharing by Ontel Bike (Sweden)
The LoRaWAN™ Challenge finalists:
- FAME Transponders for Small Aircraft and Small Maritime Vessels BY Futuristic Aviation and Maritime Enterprise, Inc. (Philippines)
- Global Environmental Monitoring Network by MagnaSCI SRL (Romania)
- Insulclock by Insulcloud S.L. (Spain)
- Real-time tracking solution for outdoor sport events by Tech4Race (France)
- SteamIQ, Advanced Steam Trap Monitoring by SteamIQ (United States)
- TABS by TrackNet (United States)
The Gemalto’s Security Award finalists:
- COLIBRI: making flight a safer experience with IoT by iotech swiss (Switzerland)
- Global Particle Matter Pollution Live Tracking by appropos GmbH (Germany)
- Pagita by Pagita Srl (Italy)
- Smart-Cot by Nachshon (United Kingdom)
- WeavAir by WeavAir (Canada)
Be sure to join us on February 27th at the IOT/WT Innovation World Cup® 2017/18 pitch and award ceremony at the Mobile World Congress 2018 in Barcelona and connect with these exciting companies, leading tech players, investors and IoT experts.
For more information about the Pitch & Award Ceremony, please visit: https://www.innovationworldcup.com/event/iot-wt-innovation-world-cup-pitch-award-ceremony-2018-barcelona/
