Connected Cars
The theme for the 2014 IT Challenge was Connected Cars. Teams were encouraged to develop innovative context aware applications designed specifically for connected cars, that can be used anywhere, anytime and on any device to add value to a business or an individual.
The proposed ideas were addressing safety and driver’s convenience. Most of the teams chose to address the driver’s mobile phone, instead of relying on integrated hardware of the car, and managed to propose fully working services.
The competition was led in partnership with car manufacturer Renault.
The 3 finalists
Evergreen
University of Hagenberg in Austria
The team presented an app that reduced a car gas emission and the time the driver has to wait in front of red traffic lights, by requesting the best speed for phased traffic lights, based on the current navigation route.
Drivebuddy
University of Hagenberg in Austria
The team built a cognitive app that assisted the user during driving by using the capability of the smartphone to track the surrounding environment of his car. The system consists of features like Lane detection, Bum detection, etc.
Rides
INP ENSEEIHT in France
The team developed social carpooling to cover intra-urban rides. Rides was able to find or offer drives in real-time which help cut transport costs while being environmental-friendly.
