A team of students from IT Sligo and their innovative system to improve the lives of older people at home have been named the winner of the Irish Microsoft Imagine Cup finals 2013, and will now go on to compete at an international level in Russia.



From Silicon Republic:

Killian McCormack, Damien Fee, Linzi Ryan and Gabriel Cioflica came up with an innovative solution to support older people’s social and physical well-being in their homes through technology. Using Windows Phone, Skype and Kinect, their service provides online fitness classes through the TV, allows older people to watch TV with family and friends remotely, and can send alerts from an older person’s home should they encounter difficulties.

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