The 'TeleIctus Móvil' project from VHIR wins the Prize Vodafone for the innovation in telecommunications

The jury of the IX Edition of the Vodafone Prizes for the Innovation in Telecommunications rewarded three innovative projects in the field of TIC for the social action this year, each one with a prize of 20,000 Euros.

The project “TeleIctus Móvil”, presented by Dr. Marc Ribó, from the Stroke Unite at HUVH and member of the Neurovascular Diseases group at VHIR, has won in the category of “Solución TIC Mobile for Good”, which rewarded projects ready for the implementation phase. “TeleIctus Móvil” is for patients suspecting they have suffered a stroke. The tool allows a neurologist to make an early valuation in situ thanks to a videoconference, and also permits to localize the patients in a map and to see how long it will take them to go to a hospital. The tool also shows the Hospital’s assistance level and the treatments available in each one.

To elect the winners, the jury has valuated how innovative the project is, the people that can be benefited with the solution purposed, its viability and its accessibility.

Two other projects have been rewarded: the Asturian project “Lazzus”, presented by NeoSenTeC, and the project “Visualfy”, developed by the Valencian company Fusió d’Arts Technology. “Lazzus”, which will be available in a few weeks for Android or iOS, is an application to help people with visual impairment to discover what is around them, generating an artificial field of vision that transmits sound information and offering geolocation and a searcher of interesting points. “Lazzus” wins in the category of “Aplicación Mobile for Good”, which rewarded the Smartphone’s application that better improve the quality of life, personal autonomy or promotion of active ageing. On the other hand, “Visualfly” wins in the category of “M2M Mobile for Good”, which rewarded the projects that use or design connected devises to improve the quality of life, accessibility and autonomy of people. This project collects audio information from the environment to convert it into visual and sensory signals, including messages in video in sign language for people with hearing problems.