HUAWEI

Context / Need:
The Earth's vital signs are far from healthy: Climate change increases the prevalence and severity of natural disasters like wildfires, droughts and tropical storms. Environmental pollution threatens natural ecosystems. The world is facing an ecological crisis.
We believe that technology does not stand in opposition to nature. The modern world calls for technologies and innovation which help transform current production and consumption patterns into sustainable ones. As leading global providers of ICT infrastructure and solutions, we consider environmental responsibility and sustainable development part of our priorities.
Through the theme of this Challenge, we wish to support French Green Tech startups and help them expand their positive impact to the world.

Scope :
Decarbonation, Energy Efficiency, Renewable Energies, Sustainable Buildings and Cities, Sustainable Agriculture, Clean Transportation, Reduction of Waste/Pollution, Circular economy, Protecting Biodiversity, etc.

Note :
This Challenge is also a Call for applications to the Digital InPulse program. By applying to this Challenge, you may be contacted to participate in Digital InPulse auditions. Digital InPulse is a program open to French startups, which supports the excellence of French start-ups by offering them a Learning expedition to Southern China in the “Big Bay Area”, so as to present them with international development opportunities. (More details here: digitalinpulse.com)
The startup must be a French company, created before January 1, 2021 and less than 10 years old.

Selection criteria :
- Relevance: Environmental ambition and impact
- Innovation: Original and innovative nature of the solution / technology / design
- Business Model: Economic feasibility and company's viability
- Maturity: The maturity of the projet (deployed with customer project or PoC), and readiness to develop internationally
- Clarity: Quality of the presentation

 

 

Context / Need:
Huawei brings high-end audio quality to all users, through a range of smartphones, tablets, laptops, wireless earbuds and home speakers embedding cutting edge technology. In the era of ultra broadband, we should not be limited in the quality of the music we listen to. Audio should be captured, transmitted and rendered in a way that gives the user anytime, anywhere, the feeling to be in a concert hall. In the same way, in the era of AI, we should not be limited in our creativity by the device and software we use to compose and broadcast new content. Our music landscape and willingness to explore new domains and creation of others should be supported by intelligent engines.

Expected Solutions :
Innovative hardware and / or software technology to :
- capture audio
- transmit audio
- protect, reproduce audio
- render and adapt audio content to a user and its environment

Innovative solutions to :
- Create new audio content and transform any device into a mobile studios, including for AV content creation and broadcast
- Propose audio content to user that matches his/her interest and overall context, and render it according to the target device and environment.

Context / Need:
Mobile health is revolutionizing healthcare. It makes use of mobile technology to provide health care support to patients, or technical support to health service providers, in a direct, cost effective and engaging manner. It has the potential to greatly improve quality of life and ease of care. Mobile health devices and apps can be used to track a broad range of data from fitness levels, heart rates, sleep cycles, to medication dosages, etc. This helps patients take control of monitoring their own health. It also helps health service providers to conduct remote patient monitoring and care.

Expected Solutions :
Innovative non-invasive technology,
- to monitor body vital signs with ear/head/wrist mounted wearable devices
- to analyze data for detection/prediction of health issues/diseases

Innovative solutions,
- to enhance user engagement of digital mobile health
- to provide better remote patient monitoring and care

Examples of use cases
Non-invasive vital sign monitoring technology include
- non-invasive continuous glucose monitoring
- non-invasive cuffless blood pressure monitoring, ...