A couple of weeks ago I had the opportunity to be a judge for Intel's Make it Wearable Competition. There were hundreds of entries from all over the world. I was judging the Development track. As explained on Intel's website, "The DEVELOPMENT track focuses on concepts that are both excitingly innovative and feasible to execute. The goal is to identify groundbreaking new wearable technology opportunities and offer entrepreneurship training to selected finalists that will accelerate the development of disruptive wearable technology into commercial products.
As judges, our responsibility was to evaluate the entries for the strength of the concept and its feasibility. Our role was to narrow the entries down to 40 semi-finalists. The ultimate winner of the competition when its complete will win $500K. This was an incredibly exciting initiative in which to participate. The creativity and imagination of these entrepreneurs was inspiring. There were some amazing ideas for both consumer and business usages. I truly can't wait for some of the ideas I saw come to market. It made me realize that the future of wearables and the Internet of Things (IOT) is much more than fitness and email watches or Google Glass.
As judges, our responsibility was to evaluate the entries for the strength of the concept and its feasibility. Our role was to narrow the entries down to 40 semi-finalists. The ultimate winner of the competition when its complete will win $500K. This was an incredibly exciting initiative in which to participate. The creativity and imagination of these entrepreneurs was inspiring. There were some amazing ideas for both consumer and business usages. I truly can't wait for some of the ideas I saw come to market. It made me realize that the future of wearables and the Internet of Things (IOT) is much more than fitness and email watches or Google Glass.
