Some day, a blind person may better understand what's around him or her, even in a city or neighborhood never before visited. Some day, the manager of a tennis tournament might use wireless devices that automatically update all the participants about a schedule change. Difficult to imagine? Not to participants in this year's Imagine Cup (www.imaginecup.com), an annual, worldwide competition sponsored by Microsoft. This year, the contest expanded beyond software development to include short film, rendering (computer animation) and algorithms. The result: A diverse pool of entrants, geographically and by gender, as well as submissions that reflected the global interest of students to employ technology as a means of expression.
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