I2P UT Austin: 2001 Entries & Winners

2001 I2P® UT Austin Entries and Award-Winners

Nine teams competed in the semi-final rounds, from which five teams were sent to the final round. Following are details on all of the entries.

Finalists

First Place (tie)
Product	Intelilink
Team Members	Ted Gaubert, Adam Janca
Intelilink is an exciting two-part complementary technology platform. This revolutionary model includes a groundbreaking citywide wireless data network and an innovative turnkey work force automation system.

First Place (tie)
Product	XIRS
Team Members	Vamsi Vutukuru (Computer Sciences), Anuj Khare (Electrical & Computer Engineering), Amit Garg (Computer Sciences)
XIRS* is revolutionary software that provides powerful tools to effectively manage XML repositories. It provides content-based Information Retrieval and Personalization mechanisms for XML datasets.

Honorable Mention
Product	3D Object Scanner
Team Members	Koichi Sato
The “3D scanner” is a sophisticated system capable of generating 3-dimentional maps using a single video camera equipped with acceleration sensors and using a proprietary software algorithm.

Honorable Mention
Product	Gamebox
Team Members	Amit Garg (Computer Science)
Gamebox proposes an online PC game library/rental service. Customers will be able to ‘borrow’ different games to play on their computer for an annual subscription fee or on a pay-to-play basis.

Honorable Mention
Product	Simple-Signal
Team Members	Jonathan McCoy (Electrical Engineering), Eduardo Salazar
Simple-Signal is a powerful point-of-purchase marketing tool for use in retail outlets and supermarkets. Simple-Signal acquires, stores, and processes consumer information in order to automatically send relevant promotions and advertisements to the consumer when he/she is near the promoted product.

Semi-Finalists

Product	"Taxi"
Team Members	Mason Arnold (Mechanical Engineering), Kiko Serna (Electrical & Computer Engineering), Brooke McDaniel, Ann Marshall, Nate Foster
Taxi is an integrated system built over the technologies of GPS (Global Positioning System), wireless connection, and electronic ink. It is built on National Semiconductors Geode driven web appliance prototype, "Metro". It is an integrated system to be used in taxis that will add and create value for taxi passengers, the taxi company, and advertisers.

Product	ANDE II
Team Members	Kanhai Kapadia
ANDE II is a detector system that uses ultrasonic resonance to quickly identify the contents of sealed containers or evaluate the physical integrity of the container itself.

Product	Future T-Shirts
Team Members	Ben Tyler
The product is a low-cost T-shirt capable of displaying user-defined messages. In addition to the basic ability to display reconfigurable messages, the shirt can serve as a delivery mechanism for advertising.

Product	PerptuaNet
Team Members	Praveen Yalagandula (Computer Sciences), Sumit Garg (Computer Sciences), Anupam Rastogi (Computer Sciences), Amit Garg (Computer Sciences)
PerptuaNet is computer software that allows a mobility framework that enables existing applications to work seamlessly over intermittent and continually changing communication links (viz. any mobile device).

Hosts

Partners and Sponsors

Selig Fund in Entrepreneurial Studies

Roden Center of Entrepreneurship