NEW YORK, Oct. 14, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- The winner of the
Call for Code 2019 Global Challenge has been announced: a system
that uses artificial intelligence and the internet of things to
guard the safety of firefighters as they battle blazes.
The winning project, Prometeo, submitted by a team from
Barcelona, was announced by the
competition's Founding Partner, IBM (NYSE: IBM), and Creator, David
Clark Cause, during a celebration at the United Nations Delegates
Dining Room in New York City on
October 12th.
The Prometeo team, which includes a nurse, a firefighter, and
software developers, was awarded the Call for Code grand prize of
USD $200,000. Together they created a
combination hardware-software solution based on multiple IBM Cloud
services. The health device—which is about the size of a smartphone
and straps to a firefighter's arm—has multiple sensors that measure
key variables including temperature, humidity, and smoke
concentration. This information is collected and transmitted to
IBM's Cloud IoT platform. A Node-RED workflow then sends the data
to the IBM Watson-based machine learning model, which distills the
information into a simple color-coded status for fire command
centers to monitor the health of each deployed firefighter in
real-time.
Through IBM's $25 million Code and
Response initiative that fosters the creation and deployment of
open source technologies to help solve some of society's most
pressing challenges, the team will receive deployment support from
IBM, The Linux Foundation, and other partners interested in scaling
their solution. As part of the program, Prometeo will also be
further developed and deployed via the IBM Corporate Service Corps
in communities in greatest need.
For more information, including video and photos from the event,
visit IBM Newsroom.
Media Contact:
Mike
Sefanov
650-281-8099
mike.sefanov@ibm.com
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