2013.11.11
Press release: Winner Swedish Embedded Award 2013
Dasa Control Systems AB won the "Enterprise" category, with the entry Forester. Vito Di Fonzo and Shwan Clyako from Chalmers University of Technology won the category "Student", with the contribution Venus Sensing and Controlling System. Company Kjell Bystedt won the "Micro/Nano" category with the e-athletics grant.
The winners were announced at ”The Embedded Party” on the evening after the first day of
Embedded Conference Scandinavia. Swedish Embedded Award was presented this year for
For the eleventh time and as usual, the prize was awarded in three categories: "Enterprise" for the best contribution from Swedish companies, "Student" for the best contribution from students at Swedish universities and "Micro/Nano", for the best contribution containing micromechanics (company or student).
This year's Enterprise Category award was won by Dasa Control Systems AB, with the entry Forester. Forester is a so-called adaptation and control system for forestry machines, primarily for harvesters. The system has an advanced, but easy-to-use, graphical interface where the operator of the forestry machine can control the harvesting to obtain optimal yield for the sawmill or pulp industry. The system can be adapted within wide limits, for different manufacturers of forestry machines and for individual requirements of operators.
The Student Award (Student Category) was won by Vito Di Fonzo and Shwan Clyako from Chalmers University of Technology. Their entry, the Venus Sensing and Controlling System, is used for continuous and non-contact measurement and control in bioreactors for biological processes. It measures non-contact parameters such as pH, oxygen content, carbon dioxide content and temperature in liquids and can be used for work with biological tissue and organs.
The Student Prize consists of a prize check of 50,000 kronor, in addition to diplomas, plaques and honors. The Student Prize is the only one that also includes a prize amount.
The company Kjell Bystedt won the Micro/Nano Category award with its e-athletics. The entry consists of a built-in electronic unit with sensors and a radio unit that measures and transmits the rotational movement measurements in real time during the throw in hammer throwing. In this way, rotational or movement parameters such as acceleration, direction of movement and position can be measured and analyzed to improve training with a hammer or other throwing equipment.
About the Swedish Embedded Award
The Swedish Embedded Award is presented to the year's best designs in embedded technology. This award was established to highlight and demonstrate the endless possibilities of electronics, as well as to stimulate and encourage more and more smart solutions. The designs span everything from industrial applications to communications and medical electronics. The requirement is that the contributions must contain built-in intelligence and be commercially interesting.
The award is established to stimulate and encourage creative applications of embedded technology.
Behind the Swedish Embedded Award stands:
* The Swedish Electronics Industry Organization – with the Embedded Technology section www.svenskelektronik.se
* The magazine Electronics in the Nordics
www.elinor.se
* Mälardalen University College
www.mdh.se
Homepage: www.embeddedpriset.nu
