Microsoft Thursday gave the official start of the Imagine Cup 2009, the seventh edition of this competition open to students versed in computer sciences, design, web design or artificial intelligence. Unlike previous years, the publisher has now chosen not to apply themselves to a particular theme (environment in 2008), and offers a line of conduct based on the "Objectives of the Millennium Development Goals" set by the United Nations , Which will remain in force for 2010 and 2011 editions.
The contest is open to college and university students, the Imagine Cup revolves around nine disciplines. In that interest, participants will have several months to try to establish a concrete project, capable of responding to one of the issues developed by the United Nations: fair trade, biodiversity, reduction of the greenhouse effect, access to education or equal opportunities between men and women.
Alongside spearheads techniques such as software design, development board or category systems and networks, Imagine Cup races offers photography, short film, video game development, design (man-machine interfaces) and two launches for 2009 new disciplines: virtual robots, to develop the most effective strategy to enable a robot to perform a number of missions through artificial intelligence, and mashup and Web, or how to combine sites and online services to meet multiple needs.
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