Imagine Cup Virtual Pressroom: Video Highlights

Worldwide Finals — Paris, France, July 8

Imagine Cup Winners (08:48)
Celebrating first place, Australia won the Software Design Invitational, Singapore won the Embedded Development and Brazil won the Game Development challenge. Sound bites from finalists include Singapore, Australia, China, Belgium, South Korea, Brazil and Hungary.

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Worldwide Finals — Paris, France, July 7

Imagine Cup 2008 Finals: Interface Design Competition (05:45)
In the Interface Design Challenge, the students have 24 hours to create compelling user interfaces that act as the front end to the generally non-seen software back end.

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Imagine Cup 2008 Finals: IT Challenge (05:27)
Imagine having to run an infrastructure of servers, desktop PCs, and users all located in disparate locations... and everyone is counting on you. Now imagine you're constantly bombarded by viruses, server crashes, power outages, and hack attacks.

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Imagine Cup 2008 Finals: Project Hoshimi (05:19)
"August 15 2097, Imagine that you are the only one that can save a person, a city, a nation and now...THE WORLD. Imagine that you can use the right combination of strategy and programming skills to do this. The Project Hoshimi - Programming Battle invitational brings to life the world of Professor Hoshimi and his faithful crew of scientists and programming experts in a fantasy of life and death."

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Imagine Cup 2008 Finals: Algorithm Challenge (02:36)
Imagine Cup 2008 Finals: Algorithm Challenge

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Worldwide Finals — Paris, France, July 6

Imagine Cup Finalists Announced (07:12)
After three days of intense competition by students from around the world, the finalists in this year’s Imagine Cup, taking place in Paris, have been announced. Dubbed a “technology Olympics,” the event tasks students with a challenge, this year to “imagine a world where technology enables a sustainable environment.” Demonstrating the continuing trend of a new generation of software designers emerging from Eastern Europe, Latin America and Asia, finalists in the Software Design category include China, Brazil, Hungary, Slovakia, Portugal and Australia. In Embedded Development, China, Ireland, Korea, Poland, Singapore and Ukraine will face off against each other. The Game Development finalists are from Belgium, Brazil and Korea. Students’ sound bites are included from Italy, Germany, South Korea, China, Egypt, Greece, Australia, Brazil and Ireland.

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Project Showcase (06:23)
Nic hits up the project showcase at Imagine Cup 2008 Finals in Paris

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Presentations (04:00)
Before the Presentations... comes the Nervousness

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Meet Team Acid Rain (05:19)
Imagine Cup 2008 Finals Team Acid Rain

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Worldwide Finals — Paris, France, July 5

Meet Team Ireland (07:45)
Imagine Cup 08: Embedded Development — Meet Team Ireland

Worldwide Finals — Paris, France, July 4

Jean-Philippe Courtois on Channel 8 (03:30)
Jean-Philippe Courtois talks about technology and how students are changing the world

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Imagine Cup 2008 Finals Welcome Reception Party (02:46)
Imagine Cup 2008 Finals Welcome Reception Party

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Imagine Cup 2008 Finals Registration Day (05:12)
Imagine Cup 2008 Finals Registration Day

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Our favorite EdVangelist in Paris! (01:40)
Edwin Guarin on Channel 8

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Joe Wilson Imagine Cup 2008 Video Blog

Day 3 (03:33)
Joe Wilson Imagine Cup 2008 Video Blog: Day 3

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Day 2 (05:20)
Joe Wilson Imagine Cup 2008 Video Blog: Day 2

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Day 1 (06:48)
Joe Wilson Imagine Cup 2008 Video Blog: Day 1

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Day 00 (02:02)
Joe Wilson Imagine Cup 2008 Video Blog: Day 00

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Day -1 (08:16)
Joe Wilson Imagine Cup 2008 Video Blog: Day -1

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Worldwide Finals — Paris, France, Pre-Event

Random-Drawing Process (15:03)
In this Channel 8 video, watch the random-drawing process that decides the order in which the teams from different countries will be presenting at the Imagine Cup 2008 Finals in Paris.

Joe Wilson talks with Channel 8’s Max Zuckerman (2:44)
Joe Wilson, senior director of academic initiatives at Microsoft, talks with Channel 8’s Max Zuckerman about the Imagine Cup 2008 Finals in Paris.

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U.S. Finals

U.S. Finals (02:20)
Footage of entrepreneurial experts working with students, the Microsoft Imagine Cup reception, and several remarks from participants.

US Finalists Arrive (02:23)
A montage of footage and images as the U.S. finalists arrive at the competition in Los Angeles and demonstrate their projects in the software design, photography and video game categories.