L-R: Raymond Obinaju, Adeyemo Oluwaseun, Ahwin Kevin, Sobola Timilehin at the Imagine Cup National Finals held in Lagos: April, 2015.

Imagine Cup is the most prestigious global student technology program and competition that provides opportunities for students across all disciplines to team up and use their creativity, passion and knowledge of technology to create applications, games and integrates solutions that can change the way we live, work and play.

Team LifeWatch composed of students from Afe Babalola University, Ado- Ekiti entered in for the World Citizenship category of the competition with an elegant management and supervision solution for asthmatics.  Three students from the department of computer science and a mechanical engineering student make up this team.  Namely, they are Adeyemo Oluwaseun Kayode, Raymond Obinaju, Sobola Timilehin David, and Ahwin Kevin.

The solution called AsthmaVisor is geared towards a more efficient and cost effective way of supervising Asthmatic patients. AsthmaVisor is a solution geared towards a more cost-effective and efficient way of supervising asthmatic patients, especially children.  It is made up of a wristband embedded with environmental sensors, which is connected to a windows phone application.

All asthma patients, irrespective of age, can use the device.  The aim is to detect and alert a patient about present environmental conditions, which might trigger an asthma attack. It then invokes a quick response by sending a Smart Messaging Service (SMS) to registered emergency contacts.  The application also displays daily tips and keeps a log of patient attack history.  This ensures constant consciousness by the patient and adequate management of the disease, which can lead to reduce mortality caused by the disease.  Since it is a global problem, the wristband and application can be used in every country.

Team LifeWatch has competed from the preliminary stage, through to the Nigerian national finals and won the competition, while qualifying for the World Semi-Finals. The World Semifinals round of the 2015 Imagine Cup, which included 150 teams from 64 countries, has just been concluded.

The judges – made up of Microsoft FTEs and externalMVPs – have evaluated all the projects and found some very impressive work.  33 teams, including Team LifeWatch have now been selected from all entries from all over the world to compete at the World Finals.  This will take place at Seattle, USA in July 2015.

To win at the World Finals, the support of the Africans and most especially Nigeria is needed. To show your support you can follow the team on the various social network platforms listed below:

Instagram; @teamlifewatch

Twitter; @TeamLifeWatch

Facebook; Team LifeWatch

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