The Imagine Cup: People's Choice Award

The Microsoft Imagine Cup is the premier worldwide student technology competition. The competition challenges students to create innovative solutions using the latest technology. It is wrapping up its ninth year in July with the Worldwide Finals event which will be held in New York City. The playing field has been narrowed down country-by-country with local Imagine Cup finals events. All that remain are the top selections from each participating country.


So what is the People's Choice and why does it matter? The People's Choice is an award that is given to team who accumulates the most votes, or "likes", for their project. The prize for winning this award is $10,000 USD. Most of the teams competing lack financial support for their ideas and this could be the very catalyst to turn their innovation from a student project to a student venture.


The voters are YOU, the people of the world, so go ahead and VOTE!

If you would like to vote but don't have time to watch the more than 100 videos of the various projects, I would recommend either Team Watersense from Spain or Team Lifelens from the US.


Even celebrities are voting for teams! Actress Eva Longoria voted and she asks you to as well.