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eHEALTH
DIGITAL
NATIVES
T
he 2017 eHealth Digital Natives competition
was an amazing success. eHealth Ireland, eir,
Samsung and Microsoft worked together to reach
out to primary & secondary schools to ask them to
be a part of Health Innovation Week. Pupils were
challenged to think about the impact technological
innovation will have on healthcare by 2030.
Even though it was the first year of this competition,
there were over 250 individual entries from over 40
schools across Ireland. The pupils shared their vision
with us and did indeed think BIG.
They outshone all of us with their creative, limitless,
thinking and innovations about what healthcare
could look like in 2030.
Finalists were invited to the Innovation Showcase
and with the support of some fantastic mentors from
a range of backgrounds & organisations, they worked
on their project before pitching to the judges. The
winners announced on the day were:
OVERALL WINNER & POST PRIMARY JUNIOR
SCHOOL: Sutton Park School
PROJECT:  Melius - Melius is a device designed to facilitate long-term drug release with big implications for
patients with complicated treatment plans or illnesses that make it hard to keep track of medication.
POST-PRIMARY SENIOR WINNER
SCHOOL: Castleknock Community College
PROJECT: Looking At Vision - This entrant developed a design for damage-resistant glasses lenses that
adapt throughout their user’s life to account for the growth of their eyes and deterioration in their vision.
PRIMARY WINNER
SCHOOL: Scoil Mhuire Aughnagarron
PROJECT: SignApp - SignApp is an app with a range of features to improve the lives of deaf people, from
games to help teach sign language to vibration alerts to supplement fire and house alarms.
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OVERALL WINNERS, THE
MELIUS TEAM FROM
SUTTON PARK SCHOOL
WITH SOME OF THE
JUDGES
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