Team redbluegold aims to help low- to middle-income individuals with hearing impairment bridge existing communications gaps using a convenient, portable and low-cost device.

Their project, SilentGuide, is a pair of smart glasses that takes in spoken words from an individual’s surroundings and transcribes them into subtitles, helping users with hearing impairment understand social conversations better and participate more meaningfully in the society.

Designed to function independently without an internet connection, SilentGuide has the potential to enhance communication and social integration for individuals with hearing loss in Singapore and around the world.

Team Calm Haven aims to help preteens with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) overcome daily communication, emotional regulation and dietary challenges.

Through their project, Calm Haven, a smartwatch application that incorporates communication aids to help users express themselves, emotion-tracking alerts to inform guardians when users are feeling overwhelmed and an eating diary to help users and caregivers track their nutritional intake, the team hopes individuals with ASD will have greater ability to communicate, perform daily tasks and integrate better into the society.

Team Smart Vision aims to help the elderly in Singapore overcome communication barriers and reduce social isolation to lead more fulfilling lives.

Through their project, Smart Vision, a pair of smart glasses that incorporates a speech recognition system and speaker that transcribes spoken words into text displayed on the glasses, a navigation function that guides the user via an onscreen map and audio instructions to the destination, and a hearing aid that enhances audio clarity for the user.

With the solution, the team aims to help improve the elderly’s vision, communication and navigation to improve their overall quality of life.

Team Health+ aims to simplify health management by making medical information provided by healthcare professionals easier to understand and act upon.

Through their Project, Health+, a mobile application that uses a large language model (LLM) to interpret complicated medical reports and provide personalised dietary recommendations, the team hopes to help improve overall health outcomes for patients in the longer term.