Posted April 1, 2019 | in Events, Milestone in the Field, Partners

Digital Nurse Healthcare Solution Wins Milestone Kickstarter Contest

The winner of the Milestone Community Kickstarter Contest 2019 was announced at the Milestone Community Days in Copenhagen on March 27. Roger Meier, Managing Director of EET Europarts, was honored as the winner. He competed against innovators from 16 countries who submitted ideas to the contest, and four made it to the final round. They presented their ideas and prototypes for a judging committee and the attending partner community, who then voted for their favorite idea via an app.

The winning project is a digital nurse that uses sensors and video to assist healthcare professionals in nursing homes around the world.

“This year’s’ winner demonstrated innovation and seamless integration with Milestone XProtect video management software, for a solution utilizing sensors on top of video to improve the life and safety of the elderly and disabled while assisting nurses and care givers. Innovation, creativity and technical feasibility are at the heart of the Milestone Community Kickstarter Contest, and we are happy to provide the platform for new technology partners to continue to push the boundaries of video management,” says Chief Technology Officer Bjørn Skou Eilertsen, Milestone Systems.

“We are truly honored and proud to win the Milestone Community Kickstarter Contest among all these great finalists, and we are excited to further develop our solution and take it to market. As the elderly population increases rapidly, there is a demand now to deliver new, innovative healthcare solutions. We believe that we, as a community, with all the know-how available, can make a difference,” says Managing Director of EET Europarts Roger Meier, a long-time Milestone Partner leveraging his many years of experience with Milestone technology.

Milestone Systems awarded Roger Meier and his team a $10,000 cash prize and $55,000 in development and marketing resources. They will be working closely with Milestone to finalize the winning project in the coming year. This includes completing of the integration with the Milestone Integration Platform Software Development Kit (MIP SDK), getting the integration certified by Milestone and bringing the solution to market.Other finalists

Three other finalists presented their projects during the Milestone Community Days in Copenhagen:

CEO at Cibersoftware Innovation Adolfo Wilches, Columbia: Smart Internet of Things Helmet – a helmet, cap or similar wearable product that contains a tiny electronic IoT health monitoring system.
Chief Software Architect, Eric Bourque from ixa systems SA, Switzerland: allowing Milestone XProtect users to create dynamic privacy masks on any PTZ camera.
Head of Algorithms Department at Softrust by UTI, Serban Carata, Romania: building a packaged, self-dispatching drone system for remote monitored sites managed from within Milestone XProtect, delivering images and metadata back in.

About Milestone Community Kickstarter Contest

The annual Milestone Community Kickstarter Contest is an innovation contest for coders and developers, individuals and organizations. It is designed to encourage the development of unique solutions that can connect with Milestone XProtect VMS offerings. Applicants have one month to submit their integration ideas to Milestone Systems, after which their ideas are reviewed, and top finalists are chosen based on their submissions. They can win USD 10,000 plus USD 55,000 in marketing and development services and assistance. All finalists are invited to Milestone Systems’ annual partner event, where the winner is chosen based on assessment by the judges’ committee and votes from the partner community.

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