{"603801":{"#nid":"603801","#data":{"type":"news","title":"UltraView Wins the 2018 InVenture Prize ","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EKolby Hanley won Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s InVenture Prize Wednesday night for his invention, a first-of-its-kind \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.news.gatech.edu\/2018\/03\/06\/setting-sights-competitive-archery\u0022\u003Eaiming device for competitive archery\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EHe won $20,000 plus a free patent filing and a spot in Flashpoint, a Georgia Tech accelerator.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EHanley, a materials\u0026nbsp;science and engineering major, transferred to Tech last year. His lightweight scope with integrated light, called StarLight, is the latest product developed by his company,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ultraviewarchery.com\/\u0022\u003EUltraView\u003C\/a\u003E. He runs the company from his dorm room.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.news.gatech.edu\/2018\/03\/06\/invention-disrupts-music-effects-market\u0022\u003EPedalCreator\u003C\/a\u003E placed second, a prize that comes with $10,000, a free patent filing and a spot in Flashpoint.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ETheir device, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.pedalcreator.com\u0022\u003EDisruption\u003C\/a\u003E, is an affordable guitar effects pedal that gives musicians the freedom to create distortion sounds. Professional musicians are already using the invention and offering feedback.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe inventors are Dallas Condra, mechanical engineering major; Jeremy Leff, mechanical engineering major; and Vanya Padmanabhan, industrial design major.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe People\u0026rsquo;s Choice Award and $5,000 went to \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.news.gatech.edu\/2018\/03\/06\/brewing-better-cup-coffee\u0022\u003EpHAM\u003C\/a\u003E. These students designed a filter to reduce coffee\u0026rsquo;s acidity. They incorporated a mineral blend into the structure of the filter paper, which reduces the acidity of the brewed coffee without negatively affecting the taste.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFour materials science and engineering majors \u0026ndash; Michele Lauto, Tyler Quill, Aaron Stansell and Lucas Votaw \u0026ndash; invented this product.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe annual InVenture Prize brings together student innovators from all academic backgrounds to foster creativity, invention and entrepreneurship. This year marked the contest\u0026rsquo;s \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.news.gatech.edu\/features\/celebrating-10-years-inventure-prize\u0022\u003E10\u003Csup\u003Eth\u003C\/sup\u003E competition\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EHanley, a competitive archer, advances to the annual \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/accinventureprize.com\/\u0022\u003EACC InVenture Prize\u003C\/a\u003E, which includes student startups and inventions from each of the 15 universities in the Atlantic Coast Conference. That competition will take place at Georgia Tech April 5 and 6.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ELearn about the other Georgia Tech InVenture Prize finalists here:\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.news.gatech.edu\/2018\/03\/06\/bringing-memes-masses\u0022\u003EMemeois\u003C\/a\u003E. This team designed an all-meme platform. It crawls the internet for memes and uses machine learning to curate a personalized feed of memes.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.news.gatech.edu\/2018\/03\/06\/safer-way-handle-surgical-scalpel-blades\u0022\u003EScal-Pal\u003C\/a\u003E. The team redesigned current blade packaging to make scalpel assembly safer and more efficient. Inventors said this design eliminates the threats posed by exposed blades, which can put health care workers at risk for blood-borne diseases and connective tissue damage.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.news.gatech.edu\/2018\/03\/06\/tensioning-tool-objects-any-size\u0022\u003ETensionr\u003C\/a\u003E. These students created an easy, safe and effective strap tensioning tool for loads of any shape. It allows for the elimination of razor-sharp steel bands, which frequently cut workers on the hands, arms and face.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EKolby Hanley won Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s 2018 InVenture Prize. He will\u0026nbsp;receive $20,000\u0026nbsp;and a free patent and will advance to the ACC InVenture Prize competition.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The inventor, Kolby Hanley, receives $20,000 and a free patent, and advances to the ACC InVenture Prize competition. 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