5X5 DEVELOPER ROADSHOW HIGHLIGHT


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[Music]


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Mick: our mission statement, the thing that kind of grounds us in what we do... 


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Is change the world through technology and story.


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All of you who are makers, tinkerers, you can all share your ideas here,


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you can pitch your ideas, you can get feedback on your ideas.


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Roadshows are so that we can get to know you and you can get to know us.


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And we hope that those people who pitch and those people who are inspired in the room 


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will go online for consideration for a Not Impossible Award.


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So I developed the braille to english text engine.


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Smart automated pill dispenser targeted at elderly patients.


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Technology that you really need,


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but... make it into your clothes.


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I created something called CastMinder, which is the smart cast and splint monitoring system.


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We want to be a platform for all assistive technology to help people with disabilities.
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If they had your software they could actually use their phone?


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Yes.


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(applause)


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Is your technology helping me in any way?


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Then use my technology not in some multi-billionaire companies, but instead…


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...like, helping people.


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What I decided was from that point on I was going to dedicate my life to


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mutuality, inclusivity, and humanity.


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We don't really think that you wait for governments or institutions to solve problems.


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We believe that the power rests in the people who are just saying,


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‘Hey! I'm gonna go tackle something that's absurd, and I'm gonna try to make it not
impossible.”