{"id":32814,"date":"2023-10-20T14:29:11","date_gmt":"2023-10-20T14:29:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/startupsmart.test\/2023\/10\/20\/australias-team-eyenaemia-crowned-world-champions-at-the-2014-microsoft-imagine-cup-startupsmart\/"},"modified":"2023-10-20T14:29:11","modified_gmt":"2023-10-20T14:29:11","slug":"australias-team-eyenaemia-crowned-world-champions-at-the-2014-microsoft-imagine-cup-startupsmart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/uncategorized\/australias-team-eyenaemia-crowned-world-champions-at-the-2014-microsoft-imagine-cup-startupsmart\/","title":{"rendered":"Australia\u2019s Team Eyenaemia crowned World Champions at the 2014 Microsoft Imagine Cup – StartupSmart"},"content":{"rendered":"
Australia is producing world class entrepreneurs and Jennifer Tang and Jarrel Seah are proof.<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/p>\n
The two Monash medicine students founded Team Eyenaemia and were recently crowned World Champions at this year\u2019s Microsoft Imagine Cup, beating teams from 34 other countries.<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/p>\n
Eyenaemia is an app which allows users to take photos of their eye in order to calculate their risk of anaemia.<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/p>\n
Anaemia is a deficiency in the number or quality of red blood cells, which can be dangerous if left untreated. Currently two billion people worldwide suffer from the condition, including 293 million children.<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/p>\n
Team Eyenaemia won both the World Citizenships category and went on to beat the other category winners to be named World Champions of the 12th Imagine Cup.<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/p>\n
\nHonored to judge #ImagineCup<\/a> with @hadip<\/a>, @hueypriest<\/a>. Congrats to World Champ @Eyenaemia<\/a> \u2013 incredible project! http:\/\/t.co\/NDOWKAH2sc<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Satya Nadella (@satyanadella) August 1, 2014<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n
They now get $50,000 in funding to help develop the product and a personal meeting with Bill Gates.<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cIt will always be a really memorable week for us,\u201d Tang says. \u201cIt was really nice to go there and experience everything and experience everything and to meet really inspirational people as well.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/p>\n
\nCongrats to @Eyenaemia<\/a> for winning @ImagineCup<\/a>! Thanks to you, a selfie a day might actually keep the doctor away. pic.twitter.com\/ZOU3MI6e0H<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Skype (@Skype) August 5, 2014<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<\/blockquote>\nThe World Championships were judged by Microsoft chief executive officer Satya Nadella, Code.org founder Hadi Partovi and Reddit general manager Erik Martin.<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/p>\n
Seah, who is a redditor, says a particular highlight was getting the chance to chat casually with Martin about issues like net neutrality as the teams were being ferried around by bus during the event.<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/p>\n
Tang and Seah are both excited by the prospect of meeting Microsoft founder Bill Gates.<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s really an inspiration to the both of us,\u201d Seah says. \u201cTo get the chance to get his opinion on other things as well, not just technology, but life in general, his thoughts and the future and what he thinks the main challenges that society has to overcome.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/p>\n
\nMonash students Jarrel Seah and Jennifer Tang win @Microsoft<\/a>‘s worldwide #ImagineCup<\/a> challenge with @Eyenaemia<\/a>. So, proud!<\/p>\n