As part of Project Meet no Neet, students at IIS Fermi-Mattei in Isernia presented Project Helpedgal at a pitch to companies at the Discovering Talents Fair (Peschiera Borromeo, February 5, 2015) and have now kicked off a crowdfunding campaign on Phyrtual.org
The Crowdfunding Campaign
"Our idea," explain the students, "is to create a company that will develop and deploy an intelligent system for saving the lives of pedestrians at road crossings.” Potential clients include public and private agencies, schools and hospitals that promote public safety, and urban safety in high-traffic areas.
The Project
Helpedgal brings together students from a number of schools to work on a special project. In particular, Electronics and Business students, who will learn about “non traditional” competences and put their creativity to use for this intelligent crossing system for pedestrians.
Helpedgal is based on computerised system that warns car drivers of the presence of pedestrians crossing the road with luminous signals. The system also includes a vocal alert for individuals with hearing deficits.
The Pitch
The Event
The Discovering Talents Fair is the final event of the 2014 edition of Project Meet No Neet that has involved 10,000 Italian young men and women aged 16-24. Technological, social and entrepreneurial training that will allow them easier access to the working world by equipping them with 21st century competences. The project is promoted by the Fondazione Mondo Digitale and Microsoft as part of the global YouthSpark Programme.
