The Ureka Mega Challenge finalists won on November 16 with “I See You”. This will enable NICU caregivers to continuously record live babies’ behavior using artificial intelligence (AI) technology with a webcam in the future. And we can provide the best possible care for newborns. What a beautiful innovation; this will further aid the cure.
All projects were judged promising by the Dragons, the judging panel, but the winner ‘I See You’, according to the Dragons, deserves the award for their enormous (substantial) motivation, the entrepreneurial atmosphere that prevails within the team and the development that the team has gone through in the past period during the Ureka trajectory. “There has been very clever use of existing, data-driven technology to help our younger patients,” the Dragons said.
Winnaars ‘I see you’
The ‘I See You’ team wants to connect artificial intelligence (AI) technology to 24/7 monitoring of premature babies in the incubator of Wilhelmina Children’s Hospital (WKZ). In this way, caregivers recognize sleep, pain, vomiting or retching, and discomfort. This allows nurses to intervene in a more appropriate way, to adjust treatment times to the child’s sleep-wake rhythm. They don’t have to be with the baby all the time to check if everything is okay.
Proud faces
With proud faces, Jeroen and Chanel from the “I See You” team received the checks (together 50,000 euros), with which they can take their innovation idea to the next step. Jeroen and Chanel: “It’s fantastic! We are extremely proud of our team and all the people who have contributed to this. Let’s think of the parents, the nurses, but also the Dragons who trained us. It’s great that the Dragons are confident in the impact our innovation can have and it was very exciting as we faced three very good finalists. As far as we’re concerned, they all won first prize, because they’re all good ideas and beautiful presentations!”
Next steps ‘I see you’
Jeroen and Chanel: “We will take many steps forward, so that we can help all the children. You should think about improving the software, for example by validating it, but also looking for the best way to work with this technology together with nurses”. Do you want to know more about I see you? So check it out intonation!
It ‘I see you’-The team consists of: Jeroen Dudink (Professor of Neonatology and sleep expert at WKZ) and Chanel Sam (Utrecht University student and researcher at WKZ Pediatric Intensive Care Unit), and an interdisciplinary team including young researchers and software experts.
Everyone wins
All the finalists of the Ureka Mega Challenge 2022 agreed with each other: the final was a great challenge and in fact all the finalists have already won. Eru Mesfum and Caroline Figueroa van Go mom: ”We have been working towards this exciting moment. We have already received many positive reactions to our idea, established contacts and even set up a focus group. After all the preparations, we are ready!”
Also Mischa the Knight of VR-MRI experience seized the opportunity: “This idea had been in my head for some time and when I saw the call on Connect to participate in the Ureka Mega Challenge, I thought, ‘This fits perfectly.’ MRI can be made much more comfortable for patients with head and neck cancer.” And that’s also what Mischa showed. During his speech, a huge noise could be heard from an MRI scanner, as a result of which the audience quickly came to the conclusion that a solution had to be found. Casper Balls with Safe and fast drug (Medsolver): “Ureka is exciting and challenging. As a doctor and a scientist you can make a good case for your idea, but now there is an element of competition. I do it mainly to improve treatment”. With the idea of he wants to make drug dosage calculation safer and faster with intelligent software.
2023:10from Edition Leave the Mega Challenge
Next year it will be on the 10thfrom edition of the Ureka Mega Challenge. According to the finalists, Ureka is an opportunity to improve healthcare with your innovation idea.
Want to know more about the Ureka Mega Challenge and finalists’ ideas? Then go to the Web site.
