Best of Show Award and Visitors’ Choice Award in IMDA’s Youth Innovation Showcase and Awards

About the competition: The Youth Innovation Showcase & Awards is a platform for local and regional youths to come together to showcase their innovative & cutting edge tech prototypes. This award is to recognise, celebrate and share the innovative work done by students from Institutes of Higher Learning (IHL) in Singapore and around the region. Students will come together at SG:Digital Wonderland, a community event and showcase how their innovations will be able to change the future of tomorrow and enhance citizens’ life in a Smart City. 

 

Date of the competition: 19 May - 20 May 2019

 

Achievement: Winners of Best of Show Award and Visitors’ Choice Award

 

Prize: $2,000

 

REP Students: Team Whizz comprising Fong Kuo Xin Anthony, Foo Maw Qing Melvin, Ho Li Ting Valerie, Victor Gwee De Ming and Vivienne Chong Yu Jing 

Product/Proposal: Whizz aims to offer personalised transportation that is fast, affordable and reliable using autonomous e-scooters. It offers on-demand booking for e-scooters in geofenced areas, with self-redistributing, orientating, parking and charging features. Whizz is able to respond to bookings made through the application to navigate to its user’s location independently, and is equipped with sensors to effectively detect obstacles to avoid collisions. It also eliminates commuters' fear of missing the last bus or train since it is available 24/7.