{"116761":{"#nid":"116761","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Design Student Wins $10K and Patent in Innovation Competition","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIndustrial Design senior Matthew Stoddard and Electrical Engineering student Christopher Vollo captured second place in Georgia Tech\u0027s 2012 InVenture Prize competition for their invention, \u0022Stylii,\u0022 an extraordinarily precise and pressure-sensitive capacitive stylus.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn the televised broadcast, they were awarded $10,000 for the smart invention. They also will receive a free U.S. patent filing by Georgia Tech, and automatic acceptance into Flashpoint, the university\u2019s startup accelerator program.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe patent will help us out so much and we\u2019re excited about anything that will help us get this to market,\u201d said Stoddard. \u201cWith the right connections and the right progress, it (the Stylii) will be on market by Christmas.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gpb.org\/inventure_2012\/stylii\u0022\u003EWatch the video\u003C\/a\u003E \u0026gt;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/inventureprize.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EThe InVenture Prize\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;is Tech\u0027s\u0026nbsp;annual undergraduate innovation competition that allows students to present their inventions in an \u0022American Idol\u0022 style show. Stoddard and Vollo competed against\u0026nbsp;six other finalist teams.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn the 2011 competition, Daniel Chaney (ID 2011) won first place for his \u201cSlide Capo\u201d\u2014a hybrid guitar slide and capo that allows all new techniques and greater flexibility for guitarists to play faster and smoother. The prize came with $15,000 as well as the free US patent filing from the Georgia Tech Office of Technology Licensing, valued at approximately $20,000. \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.slidecapo.com\/#!home\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EFind out more about the Slide Capo.\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIndustrial Design senior wins $10,000 and free patent filing in undergraduate innovation competition.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27213","created_gmt":"2012-03-14 15:28:25","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:11:52","author":"Teri Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2012-03-14T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2012-03-14T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"116741":{"id":"116741","type":"image","title":"Matthew Stoddard","body":null,"created":"1449178241","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:30:41","changed":"1475894736","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:45:36","alt":"Matthew Stoddard","file":{"fid":"194245","name":"matthew_stoddard_inventure_2.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/matthew_stoddard_inventure_2_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/matthew_stoddard_inventure_2_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":1611249,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/matthew_stoddard_inventure_2_0.jpg?itok=132KDLg_"}},"116751":{"id":"116751","type":"image","title":"Stylii","body":null,"created":"1449178241","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:30:41","changed":"1475894736","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:45:36","alt":"Stylii","file":{"fid":"194246","name":"stylii_in_action_2.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/stylii_in_action_2_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/stylii_in_action_2_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":26416,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/stylii_in_action_2_0.jpg?itok=A-d9u78a"}}},"media_ids":["116741","116751"],"groups":[{"id":"1221","name":"College of Design"}],"categories":[{"id":"8862","name":"Student Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"25641","name":"2012 InVenture Prize"},{"id":"926","name":"College of Architecture"},{"id":"167108","name":"school of industrial design"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:teri.nagel@coa.gatech.edu\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ETeri Nagel\u003C\/a\u003E, Georgia Tech College of Architecture\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}