OPPO Innovation Challenge APAC Stage Held – Compostable Battery Idea Attracts Many Interests

 


Each of the big brands has their own research department to ensure that their products are constantly innovating and generating new ideas for products. Last year OPPO Research Institute Innovation Accelerator held the Inspiration Challenge innovation competition for the first time to find new ideas that can be invested and developed.



This year is the second year the OPPO Inspiration Challenge innovation competition has been held, and has already entered the stage of selecting the participants who will be the final representatives for the region. A total of 15 startups have been shortlisted to present their ideas, and these top 5 startups will meet with the top 5 startups from America and Europe, as well as 5 more from China to compete in the final round that will take place at the end of this month.


There are two categories of ideas that are contested, namely Inspiration for People which focuses on technology ideas for users such as wearable devices, mental health, AR/VR and also Inspiration for Planet which focuses on technology ideas for the sustainability of the earth.


The five startups that will represent the region for the final stage are as follows.


Ezspeech – Speech Training Therapy App



There is a growing number of speech problems among people, and there are not many speech therapists available to serve children with speech problems. This startup focuses on the development of applications that help speech therapists to conduct speech therapy sessions using the application.


Ertigo – Service to Help Employee Fitness Problems



Since more and more employees are using computers, the issue of employee physiology is the main focus of this startup to ensure that employees in the office stay fit and avoid diseases that can lower their performance. The application they developed will suggest exercises that can be done and also provide a health planning plan that can be designed differently for each employee.


Impulse – More Affordable Hearing Aids



In India there are 100,000 children born with hearing loss, and 90,000 of them cannot afford the surgical process that can correct their hearing. With the device they developed, it does not use expensive costs, and does not require any surgery. They even hold two international patents for magnetic brain stimulation (Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation). This startup also received a special Media Choice award.


Mobio – Tracking Mental Health Through 30 Second Selfie Videos



This startup has come up with the AmDTx application that can measure the level of mental health of users just from recording a selfie video for 30 seconds. With artificial intelligence, the results of the user's mental health level will be defined, and there will be a doctor who can confirm the test if requested. The accuracy of the results from the selfie video recording is around 86% but with frequent checks and measurements, the average accuracy rate can be used to do any further treatment.


Flint – Compostable And Flexible Batteries



The only startup to qualify for the Inspiration for Planet category, they come with paper-thin battery technology, using cellulose cells and hydrogel. The battery technology they developed is also flexible, and can be safely disassembled and leak-proof. Interestingly, this compostable battery can also be manufactured in the same way used for Lithium-Ion batteries so the process to produce this battery created by Flint will not take long to be used in all factories. This startup also received a special Media Choice award.



All 5 of these startups will automatically participate in the accelerator program run by OPPO to enable their ideas to be realized and may be built on OPPO smartphones. OPPO also committed to allocating a total of USD 440,000 for all 45 startups selected up to this pre-selection stage to receive access to cooperation and marketing funds as well as support from other OPPO partners including AWS, Qualcomm, GSMA and Linkedin

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