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1. e-Learning
Name of the project: Toddlers & Kids Educational Games
Summary of the project: Musala Soft Toddlers & Kids educational games for iOS were
started just a few months ago, but gained speed and obtained recognition quicker
than expected. Company's Christmas game* was ranked N1 in the BG itunes/apple store.
On March 1 the first international award was won for the games – European Seal of
e-Excellence:
http://www.musala.com/press/PR_2011_03_07/EN/press.html. The iPhone/iPad/iPod
Toddlers & Kids educational games are targeting the 1 to 7 years-old, whose parents
are open to expose their children to the digital environment of their future, where
colors, shapes, touch, voice, music, etc. are available in an unique mixture that
extends the old-fashioned "real world". The games are iOS based (iPhone/iPad/iPod)
but soon will be available for other popular platforms. The pilot language is Bulgarian;
near future plans include other languages. As of 08.03.2011, there are 5639 downloads.
Currently, 3 games can be downloaded for free from Apple store:
"The Letters":
http://itunes.apple.com/en/app/id399007300?mt=8;
"Puzzle":
http://itunes.apple.com/en/app/id399007300?mt=8;
*"Xmas": http://itunes.apple.com/bg/app/id409149865?mt=8.
2. e-Culture & Heritage
Name of the project: Lost Bulgaria
Summary of the project: People easily forget. The present generations do not know
almost anything about the previous, they do not know their daily life nor Bulgaria
from before. This website is an expanding collection of archive photographs from
different parts and time periods in Bulgaria. Currently there are more than 3000
unique photos (since 1980!) which are available for free use and distribution for
non-commercial purpose. English version with online Google Translate available.
URL: http://www.lostbulgaria.com/
3. e-Science & Technology
Name of the project: Semantic Technology for Dynamic Publishing
Summary of the project: By offering a quantum leap in the accessibility of information,
the semantic technology turns into enabling factor for the so-called knowledge economy.
The new approach is known as Semantic Web (or Web 3.0). Ontotext (a Bulgarian software
company) with the database engine OWLIM, supported the core of the BBC’s World Cup
2010 website, which was widely recognized as the first high-profile demonstration
of semantic technology. OWLIM was used in a critical function in a web site which
combines very high visibility (peaking at 20 million requests per day) with high
level of dynamicity (hundreds of updates per hour) and high-level of interlinking
of subjects, topics and various sorts of related factual information about players,
teams, etc. This project was the ultimate demonstration how semantic technology
can reduce the cost of publishing very dynamic information and enable much deeper
handling of user requests. BBC was able to maintain on its World Cup website about
700 aggregation pages, which offer up to date information on specific subjects.
URL: http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/bbcinternet/2010/07/bbc_world_cup_2010_dynamic_sem.html
4. e-Government & Institutions no
nominated application
5. e-Health & Environment
Name of the project: Drugsinfo: Know them, not to love them
Summary of the project: In our work with dependent people and their parents and
relatives we often receive questions and opinions like: "Drug addiction cannot be
cured.", "Could marihuana cause an addiction?", "What kind of detoxification could
be done and where?”, "How can I test my child for drugs?", "Is addiction a disease?",
"Are amphetamines addictive?"... These and similar questions helped us understand
the need in our society of reliable information about drugs, their effects, the
risks of using them, as well as actual information where to find help.The drugs
info line is the first of its kind in Bulgaria and has the following advantages:
- Anonymity – each of you can call the hot telephone line or use the chat, e-mail
and forum in order to contact us without risk of personality revealing and without
fear of conviction; - Accessibility – the info line is accessible 24 hours a day
– the work time of our team is from 9 to 17 h, during the other 16 h you can see
information on our website or listen to the tapes on our "hot answering machine";
- Objectivity – we are not "for" or "against" drug use, we can only help you make
your choice and answer your difficult and sometimes painful questions; - Professionalism
– our team consists of professionals, who are taught at work in the field of addictions.
The project "Establishing a Bulgarian drugs helpline and Interactive Information
website" was financed by the MATRA Programme of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
of the Netherlands.
URL: http://www.drugsinfo-bg.org/en/
6. e-Business & Commerce no nominated
application
7. e-Entertainment & Games
Name of the project: iMediaShare
Summary of the project: The digital entertainment media "freedon" - iMediaShare
is a free mobile app that allows you to stream and control multimedia content from
smartphone to home entertainment systems using only Wi-Fi connectivity. The application
transforms your Android smartphone into a remote control, allowing you to seamlessly
stream and watch online media on the big screen. Unlike the many set-top box solutions
available in the marketplace, iMediaShare requires no additional hardware and no
cables. The mobile solution ensures that your favorite content is portable, so you
can play it at any time on any connected TV. iMediaShare also supports connected
audio systems and blu-ray players, as well as PS3 and Xbox360 game consoles. Demo
online and products download from the URL.
URL: http://www.bianor.com/ims/
8. e-Inclusion & Participation
Name of the project: Vivacom fund to support children with dyslexia
Summary of the project: The web site "Vivacom fund to support children with dyslexia"
is an online communication instrument for one of the themes for social-responsible
politics of Vivacom. The web site contains test for dyslexia about children and
adults, useful information about the dyslexia, advices of dyslexia experts, press
materials, news. The registered users of the web site can share their stories and
the dyslexia experts can answer them. The web site has special functionalities for
customization of it's interface, suitable for people with dyslexia. The main text
is in Bulgarian, English summary provided.
URL: http://dyslexia.vivacom.bg/
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2007 - NOMINATED APPLICATIONS BY CATEGORY |
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1. e-Learning
Name of the project: Alcohol and Drug Awareness e-Training module
Summary of the project: Alcohol and Drug Awareness is an e-Training module, developed
together with Melon Technologies partner e-Learning WMB for the needs of Kirklees
Safer Communities Partnership - a UK community group, devoted to crime and substance
misuse reduction. This engaging training tool is suitable for anyone who would like
to learn more about the alcohol and drug misuse, its health and social consequences
and the existing prevention and rehabilitation techniques. The training course has
four training modules - Models of Care, Alcohol, Drugs and Action. Combined, these
modules: provide an overview of the alcohol and drugs misuse; explore the related
health and social risks; develop skills in identifying drug and alcohol related
problems; inform about the existent legal framework; outline important safety guidelines;
introduce techniques and public services helping to overcome drug/alcohol dependence;
teach valuable first-help skills in dealing with life-threatening emergencies etc.
URL: http://www.drugtrainingforfree.co.uk
2. e-Culture
Name of the project: Nagledna Agitacija (NA); Composition; CIRCLE;
Summary of the project: NA aims to recall the visual methods used in communism for
a political propaganda and to find the place of the letters in that process. In
order to function better, the complex world of the communist society needs norms
to rule the human behavior. How these rules have been shown, how the mechanism for
their creation has evolved in time. NA is a space for memories and stories from
the time of communism. The viewer is also a part of that space and can leave own
traces in the space of the installation; Composition: A Composition of two-dimensional
forms is located into a single surface. The forms are being manipulated by the observer
until there appear some new and temporary spaces. Shape, colour and sound remain
autonomous elements and at the same time in a single process of continuous changes
they set pictures in which the authenticity of the visible starts to disappear.
The computer work reveals in front of the spectator an internal logic and own structure.
Three principal elements are used divided into three parts each: 1. Shape (geometric)
- circle, square and triangle. 2. Colour (primary) - red, blue, yellow. 3. Sound
- three different fragments. The spectator (user) can change the layers by himself
(which one of the geometric figures to be on the top, which one to be in the middle
and which one - at the bottom), the colour (which form which colour should take)
and can arrange the musical fragments (which one should follow which). These way
very different variations of a picture which consists of only a couple of elements
can be obtained - a total of 214 different variations can be performed. CIRCLE:
A full cycle (circle) of the human communication are presented at three figures
that lie on the basis of one creative act, their transformation - before, at the
same time and after the combined action.
URL: http://e-rayo.net/digital_space/
3. e-Science no nominated application
4. e-Government no nominated application
5. e-Health no nominated application
6. e-Business
Name of the project: NewsDynamo
Summary of the project: NewsDynamo is a web-based platform for the creation, management,
and maintenance of news portals. The main target of the product are current or new
online news sites, offline newspapers, magazines and TV companies that are planning
to launch online equivalent of their offline media. NewsDynamo's innovation is determined
by its unique combination of sophisticated technological capabilities and adequate
solution of media-specific business needs. It features a workflow management module.
The system allows managers to define the publishing process thus optimizing media's
business organization. It can handle over 5000 news items a day. Increasing the
number of news items produced does not decrease the performance characteristics
of the system due to its stable archiving capabilities. It enables media staff members
to fully customize the public layout of the website. It is integrated with a flexible
advertising system. Its unique caching system is optimized for high traffic load.
The system can process over 1 million page views per minute.
URL: http://international.ibox.bg/
7. e-Entertainment
Name of the project: Guide to Bulgaria
Summary of the project: The project Guide-Bulgaria.com started in February 2006
with the idea to become a source of reference information about all living places
and resorts in Bulgaria. The information is structured hierarchically following
the Administrative Territorial Division structure of Bulgaria - planning economic
regions, districts (provinces), municipalities, cities, villages and resorts. The
information available for each administrative unit is: area size, population, altitude,
post and phone codes, geo coordinates, map of location, satellite map of the area,
distance to other cities and villages, photo galleries by places, etc.
URL: http://www.guide-bulgaria.com/
8. Special Category: e-Inclusion
Name of the project: Digital Spaces
Summary of the project: Digital Spaces is a series of public lectures, interactive
sessions and an annual exhibition that bring together leading computer and communications
technology researchers and developers from Bulgaria and around the world. The main
aims of the programme are: To promote the use of cutting-edge, disruptive, interactive
and ubiquitous computer and communications technologies and devices in our society;
To show people that many of these technologies are already available and ready to
use in Bulgaria today; To demonstrate how these technologies and devices can improve
our lives; To find innovative ways of using digital devices for communication, content
production and interaction. The programme is tailored to promote new technological
developments, to inspire the spirit of innovation, to encourage interaction and
active participation, and to narrow the "digital divide" and "content gap" between
different groups of people in our society. Digital Spaces stimulates communication
and exchange between Bulgarian and international "computer innovators", as well
as the wider understanding of current trends and developments in computer-based
innovation. 2007/2008 is the pilot year of the Digital Spaces programme. Some of
the topics covered in the first year of the programme include: Authoring Digital
Spaces and Mediascapes, Cognitive Robotics, The Semantic Web, E-government, The
Interaction of Internet and Mobile Services, GPS Systems and Applications, Digital
Maps, Digital Cities, Digital Photography, Computer Games, Attentive Technology,
Smart Rooms, and Night Vision Systems.
URL: http://www.digitalspaces.info
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