{"286261":{"#nid":"286261","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Team Sanivation Wins 2014 InVenture Prize","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAn inexpensive, mobile solution to help nearly 2.6 billion people worldwide who don\u2019t have access to hygienic bathrooms won the 2014 InVenture Prize at Georgia Tech Wednesday night.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETeam Sanivation received $20,000, a free U.S. patent filing by Georgia Tech\u2019s Office of Technology Licensing and a spot in this summer\u2019s class of Flashpoint, a Georgia Tech startup accelerator program.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe are so thankful for the support and encouragement we have received from everyone,\u201d said team member Erin Cobb, an industrial design major from Atlanta.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe are exposing an issue that is considered taboo and we are excited to give this important issue more attention,\u201d she said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe other team members are: Jasmine Burton, industrial design major from Dunwoody, Ga.; and Brandie Banner, civil engineering major from Alpharetta, Ga.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe team also won the $5,000 People\u2019s Choice Award.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETheir Safi Choo Toilet is a safer, cleaner way of using a toilet to replace the pit latrines often found in the developing world and refugee camps. The device has received preliminary support from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESecond place went to the Sucette Smart Soother, a modernized pacifier designed to fit more naturally with a baby\u2019s mouth and growing dental structure. The pacifier changes color when the baby has a fever.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe team received $10,000 and a free U.S. patent filing.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe worked so hard and went through so many prototypes,\u201d said team member Will McAllister, a biomedical engineering major from Charlotte, N.C. \u201cIt\u2019s exciting to get this recognition and support from the judges.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe other team members are: Rachel Ford, a biomedical engineering major from Powder Springs, Ga.; and Esteban Ongini, a biomedical engineering major from Miami.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe InVenture Prize is an annual contest that rewards undergraduate students for big innovations that aim to solve the world\u2019s problems.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ENearly 560 students signed up for this year\u2019s contest \u2013 the largest ever. The group was narrowed to the six teams who competed in the finale, which was broadcast live on Georgia Public Broadcasting.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFor more information: \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/inventureprize.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/inventureprize.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Sucette Smart Soother places second"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe InVenture Prize is an annual contest that rewards undergraduate students for big innovations that aim to solve the world\u2019s problems.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"InVenture Prize attracts young entrepreneurs and sparks students\u2019 imagination"}],"uid":"27918","created_gmt":"2014-03-27 08:33:51","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:16:07","author":"Laura Diamond","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2014-03-27T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2014-03-27T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"286271":{"id":"286271","type":"image","title":"2014 InVenture Prize Sanivation","body":null,"created":"1449244237","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 15:50:37","changed":"1475894981","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:49:41","alt":"2014 InVenture Prize Sanivation","file":{"fid":"199088","name":"inventure2014sanivation.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/inventure2014sanivation_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/inventure2014sanivation_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":2839268,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/inventure2014sanivation_0.jpg?itok=ExJLmrLy"}},"286281":{"id":"286281","type":"image","title":"2014 InVenture Prize Sucette","body":null,"created":"1449244237","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 15:50:37","changed":"1475894981","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:49:41","alt":"2014 InVenture Prize Sucette","file":{"fid":"199089","name":"inventure2014sucette.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/inventure2014sucette_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/inventure2014sucette_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":2180627,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/inventure2014sucette_0.jpg?itok=mYRok7z9"}}},"media_ids":["286271","286281"],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"89261","name":"2014 InVenture Prize"},{"id":"1613","name":"Biomedical Engieering"},{"id":"3128","name":"Industrial Design"},{"id":"1069","name":"Inventure"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39441","name":"Bioengineering and Bioscience"},{"id":"39531","name":"Energy and Sustainable Infrastructure"}],"news_room_topics":[{"id":"71871","name":"Campus and Community"}],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ELaura Diamond\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr \/\u003EGeorgia Tech Media Relations\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-894-6016\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["laura.diamond@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}