On August 30, Hyundai Motor Company and Brown University announced plans to launch a research collaboration designed to accelerate innovations in smart mobility that can drive the creation of sustainable cities across the globe. The collaboration begins with the “Hyundai Visionary Challenge @ Brown” through which students and their faculty mentors can submit ideas for research projects in themes that support smart mobility innovation.
The areas for competition are:
- Biology-inspired mobility: Looking to nature for inspiration, where can we unlock lessons and derive inspiration to shape Smart Mobility architecture? How can we use biology to inspire new ways of thinking?
- Digital phenotyping: How can digital phenotyping inform Smart Mobility solutions to improve the individual and community experience? How can digital phenotyping impact the mobility dynamic within populations?
- Human-Machine Partnerships: How seamless can we make the man-machine partnership? How does the man-machine partnership enhance the vision of Smart Mobility?
Winners will receive a cash prize (a total of $45,000, at least three winning teams) and an opportunity to speak at a global smart mobility conference in Silicon Valley. Winning projects will also be eligible for significant funding under a master research agreement between Hyundai and Brown.
More information can be found at https://www.hyundai-visionary.com/.