“Congratulations to the Biomimicry Institute and to Janine Benyus for this
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Second Round Winners Announced at Global Conference in Boston
Congratulations to Egy-Osmo, the Biomimicry Student Design Challenge Grand Prize winning team from the German University of Cairo in Egypt.
The Grand Prize recognized the team that had both a solid biomimetic design concept and the best biomimetic business plan around the theme of water access and management, and the People’s Choice award went to the team that collected the most “investment dollars” from the audience following informal team pitches that evening. The $10,000 Grand Prize went to Egy-Osmo, a team from the German University of Cairo in Egypt, for their entryDromedarily Sustainable, which presents a novel way to utilize Cairo’s existing extensive yet stagnant canal system for irrigation and pest control purposes. The $1,000 People’s Choice Award went to a team from Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán, in Mérida, Mexico, for their CHAAC HA’ Water System Collector, a simple and highly sustainable design for individual dwellings to collect water.
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