The TU/e Contest is aimed at challenging students to develop their innovative idea or prototype into a commercially viable product. Of the 183 ideas submitted in all, the best 20 ideas competed in the final for that much sought-after title. In the judging a distinction was made between the categories ‘idea’ and ‘prototype’.

Michael Verhage, student of Applied Physics, came up with the idea of the ‘GardenGarten’: this is a closed and fully controlled environment in which every household can grow its own vegetables and fruit. Boris Arts, student of Biomedical Engineering, and his team developed ‘T.E.S.T.’: this mobile application allows kidney patients to monitor their kidney activity at home.

The winners were selected by a jury of experts comprising Jan Mengelers and representatives of organizations like Brunel, Accenture, Brightlands, KIC InnoEnergy, ASML, FEI Company, VDL, Medtronic and the Ministry of Defense. In addition to receiving a sum of money, the students will be able to count on support from the TU/e Innovation Lab and a workspace at the High Tech Campus so that they can develop their innovations further.

Source: TU/e press team