These are the 397 most inspiring, innovative designs of 2018

Finalist:Experimental

Clinical Decision Support for Artificial Heart Implant

Carnegie Mellon University

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Qian Yang (Research Fellow in Digital Health, Ph.D. student), John Zimmerman (Researcher, Professor), both at Carnegie Mellon University Human-Computer Interaction Institute.

Finalist:Experimental

LumiWatch

Carnegie Mellon University, ASU Tech

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Robert Xiao, Teng Cao, Ning Guo, Jun Zhuo, Yang Zhang and Chris Harrison

Honorable Mention:Experimental

Wall++

Disney Research, Carnegie Mellon University

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Yang Zhang - lead researcher; Jack Yang - researcher; Scott E. Hudson - lab advisor; Chris Harrison - lab advisor; Alanson Sample - lab advisor

Honorable Mention:Students

Emoto AI Sidekick

Gautam Bose created custom servo motor driver software for robot control and animation; Lucas Ochoa modeled, fabricated and created the custom hardware; Marisa Lu did web development for communication between devices and animation for the phone face

Honorable Mention:Students

LumiWatch

Carnegie Mellon University, ASU Tech

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Robert Xiao, Teng Cao, Ning Guo, Jun Zhuo, Yang Zhang and Chris Harrison

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