WINNING PROJECTS

If you click on each semester you will be able to find the description of all of the projects that have won the Final Competition, which were awarded financial support to continue their development. If you want to know more, write to us at dii@ing.puc.cl.

2021

1st Semester

DESAFIOS

Carbon neutral energy

PROYECTOS

HydroCool

HydroCool is a hydrogen tank cooling system withpotential applicability in mining trucks and high volume vehicles, in order to decrease the fuel filling time and increase your productivity.

WindFix

WindFix is software for wind power generating companies, which allows predicting when it will be necessary to carry out maintenance on machines based on historical information on different wind turbines and their failures.

Re[Si]clo

Re[Si]clo is a photovoltaic waste treatment plant, focused on in the recovery of silicon obtained from the delamination of crystalline photovoltaic modules, in order to use it again in panel manufacturing.

2020

2nd Semester

DESAFIOS

Innovation at the new space age

PROYECTOS

Hydro-Window

Hydro-Window is a window built on the basis of transparent hydride technology and double glazing accompanied by acrylic. Protecting the human being from the high radiation and low temperatures present on Earth and on Mars.

Graphentex

Protective clothing intended for radiologists and their patients against ionizing radiation, made on the basis of graphene, which can absorb up to 99.98% of it.

Ca-Monitor

Ca-Monitor is a micro-device that allows constant monitoring of bone loss from urine. It provides information currently inaccessible in space and vital to the health of astronauts.

2020

1st Semester

DESAFIOS

Engineering for sustainable development

PROYECTOS

AquaFinder

AquaFinder is a service based on an artificial intelligence model that enables the prediction of the flow of an aquifer associated with a location of interest. It reduces the uncertainty and costs of well construction.

3Dort

Implements an non-invasive sampling for users using photographs that will later be reconstructed, generating a 3-D printed, lightweight and personalized brace.

BookCLUB

A platform that connects people who want to sell inexpensive, used books with possible buyers, building a network of readers. Through a circular economy, it reintroduces books ot the market, fostering the acquisition of knowledge.

SG Streaming

SG Streaming consists of a video calling platform capable of transmitting a class using data intelligently, maximizing the transmission speed and allowing students with a slow connection to access a more instructional and higher quality class without interruptions.

UVCare

UVCARE is an autonomous sanitizer with UV-C technology that eliminates the coronavirus from elevators. It increases the frequency of cleaning, allowing the probability of contracting COVID-19 to decrease.

2019

2nd Semester

DESAFIOS

Engineering for Climate Change

PROYECTOS

INCA

An irrigation canal lining maintenance service, through which small farmers receive more water, paying a monthly fee. The use of sensors makes it possible to locate and repair faults before the coating shows irreversible damage.

e-Hive

We reduce the risk for the beekeeper in terms of the loss of hives due to climate conditions. By making bee reproductive cycles constant and consistent with the season of the year, we allow the beekeeper to produce higher quality honey (it goes from being multifloral to monofloral) and finally, we cut costs in production by eliminating the need to move and purchase new hives.

Mikhuna

Mikhuna is an animal feed created from the dehydration of waste from free fairs and markets. It seeks to reduce the carbon footprint caused by organic waste in landfills and nurture animals that are dying of starvation.

2019

1st Semester

DESAFIOS

Engineering for Climate Change

PROYECTOS

B-cycle

A bio-packaging substitute for plastic used as wrapping for canned beverages, made from barley waste from the brewing industry. It is biodegradable, organic, contains nutrients and is usable for soil fertilization.

Lightwash

A smart clothes washing system with UV-C light technology, capable of delivering optimal results in the cleaning of everyday garments in less time, eliminating water waste and reducing energy consumption in homes in Chile.

Water Pill

WaterPill reduces the costs of maintaining green areas, through capsules made of biodegradable materials that increase water retention on land by 50%.

2018

2nd Semester

DESAFIOS

Extended Producer Responsibility Law

Blockchain

Universal access to water

PROYECTOS

Four Water

Given the scarcity of water and the difficulty of distributing water to scattered areas, “Four Water” captures and condenses water coming from humidity, fog, dew and rain, to provide filtered water to affected families.

Takün

Takün is a project that seeks to change the caps that are currently used in PET plastic bottles for biodegradable caps. Its objective is to reduce pollution and lower costs for vendors of bottled products.

Tricket

Tricket is a secure ticket-issuing platform which eliminates illegal resale and counterfeits. The tickets are tokens issued in a smart-contract, which thanks to blockchain, are unforgeable, transferable and have low operating costs.

2018

1st Semester

DESAFIOS

Extended Producer Responsibility Law

Autonomous Vehicles

Nanotechnology for the Forestry Industry

PROYECTOS

Mamüll

We put sawdust to use using the lignin it contains. Through its gasification, we generate electricity for private consumption. We transform waste into energy in a sustainable and innovative way. We solve pollution, respiratory disease and sales volume problems.

Trace Point

Due to the REP Law, companies will need to trace their products after disposal. We provide an information service through image recognition at disposal sites. The information will be available online, allowing authorized managers and companies to make different decisions.

Intel Drone

A review service for high voltage towers that uses drones capable of capturing images, autonomously determining flaws, and generating a report on the status of each tower.

2017

2nd Semester

DESAFIOS

Energy

Labor Accidents

Social Inclusion

PROYECTOS

Chaski

A two-way device that enables deaf people to communicate with the hearing world and vice versa.

Frutil

A device that prolongs the life of fresh fruits and vegetables.

Look Out

An early detection system for socio-emotional risk profiles in schoolchildren.

2017

1st Semester

DESAFIOS

Natural Disasters

PROYECTOS

Steady Shelf

A base for retail shelves designed to withstand earthquakes, which is activated by detecting primary waves of tellurical movements and dampens the movement of the shelf, avoiding falls and breaks between products. In moments where seismic waves are not detected, the product behaves, like any other shelf, and stays rigid.

Surviving Chile

An educational video game that allows you to simulate the experience of a natural disaster in Chile, allowing you to learn how to survive and act in one.

Sivalco

An early warning system for fires based on a network of sensors and the generation of a risk map to facilitate fire fighting.

2016

2nd Semester

DESAFIOS

Efficiency in Health, Agriculture, Public Services and Energy

PROYECTOS

Frutipellets

A project with technological and social impact. Frutipellets are pellets for domestic heating, created from organic waste from agriculture, through a process that optimizes and seeks to find the best mixture, based on the caloric power of each component of the waste. The project is quite scalable, and may be of interest to countries with high levels of pollution that are looking for combustion alternatives and that have large amounts of organic waste produced in agriculture.

Ruka

A project that seeks to reduce energy consumption by attacking phantom energy consumption caused by permanent connection to the grid. The RUKA adapter detects human presence and automatically connects devices to the network. Once an individual leaves the room where their devices are connected, they are disconnected from the network, so as not to continue consuming energy.

Let's Count

A device that is added to a trays in surgical wards, where gauze and sponges used in the operating room are deposited during an operation, allowing for the automated counting of the amount and type of gauze to reduce human error caused by the loss of material inside the patient's body.

Atmen

A mechanical device to dispense oral medications via aerosol that has a novel mechanical design based on fluid dynamics that uses an aero-chamber for the correct application of medicines.

2016

1st Semester

DESAFIOS

Smart Cities

PROYECTOS

Park Here

A system that detects empty parking lots with an app to notify users where they are. It uses image recognition and big data.

Netric

A system that connects to a home electrical network to give priority to different electronic devices, regulating its electrical supply to avoid a power outage in houses with a poor electrical network, through the IoT.

Blif

A new textile material that has a low water and carbon footprint and is biodegradable through a system that uses organic waste from open air markets to make the material.

2015

2nd Semester

DESAFIOS

PROYECTOS

Dreams&Brain

An interactive device for the treatment of dyslexia.

Medfill

A Popular Pharmacy App that allows users to access medicines at better prices and get them delivered to their homes.

Itchless

A lotion that stops pediculosis (lice) and prevents it from occurring.

BE.Health

A device that prevents deaths from apnea (snoring).

2015

1st Semester

DESAFIOS

PROYECTOS

Green Science

InnoHealth

A device that helps people with difficult vein detection during medical examinations.

SKART

Giraloco

WINNING PROJECTS

2021

1st Semester

DESAFIOS

Carbon neutral energy

PROYECTOS

HydroCool

HydroCool is a hydrogen tank cooling system withpotential applicability in mining trucks and high volume vehicles, in order to decrease the fuel filling time and increase your productivity.

WindFix

WindFix is ​​software for wind power generating companies, which allows predicting when it will be necessary to carry out maintenance on machines based on historical information on different wind turbines and their failures.

Re[Si]clo

Re[Si]clo is a photovoltaic waste treatment plant, focused on in the recovery of silicon obtained from the delamination of crystalline photovoltaic modules, in order to use it again in panel manufacturing.

2020

2nd Semester

DESAFIOS

Innovation at the new space age

PROYECTOS

Hydro-Window

Hydro-Window is a window built on the basis of transparent hydride technology and double glazing accompanied by acrylic. Protecting the human being from the high radiation and low temperatures present on Earth and on Mars.

Graphentex

Protective clothing intended for radiologists and their patients against ionizing radiation, made on the basis of graphene, which can absorb up to 99.98% of it.

Ca-Monitor

Ca-Monitor is a micro-device that allows constant monitoring of bone loss from urine. It provides information currently inaccessible in space and vital to the health of astronauts.

2020

1st Semester

DESAFIOS

Engineering for sustainable development

PROYECTOS

AquaFinder

AquaFinder is a service based on an artificial intelligence model that enables the prediction of the flow of an aquifer associated with a location of interest. It reduces the uncertainty and costs of well construction.

3Dort

Implements an non-invasive sampling for users using photographs that will later be reconstructed, generating a 3-D printed, lightweight and personalized brace.

BookCLUB

A platform that connects people who want to sell inexpensive, used books with possible buyers, building a network of readers. Through a circular economy, it reintroduces books ot the market, fostering the acquisition of knowledge.

SG Streaming

SG Streaming consists of a video calling platform capable of transmitting a class using data intelligently, maximizing the transmission speed and allowing students with a slow connection to access a more instructional and higher quality class without interruptions.

UVCare

UVCARE is an autonomous sanitizer with UV-C technology that eliminates the coronavirus from elevators. It increases the frequency of cleaning, allowing the probability of contracting COVID-19 to decrease.

2019

2nd Semester

DESAFIOS

Engineering for Climate Change

PROYECTOS

INCA

An irrigation canal lining maintenance service, through which small farmers receive more water, paying a monthly fee. The use of sensors makes it possible to locate and repair faults before the coating shows irreversible damage.

e-Hive

Mikhuna

Mikhuna is an animal feed created from the dehydration of waste from free fairs and markets. It seeks to reduce the carbon footprint caused by organic waste in landfills and nurture animals that are dying of starvation.

2019

1st Semester

DESAFIOS

Engineering for Climate Change

PROYECTOS

B-cycle

A bio-packaging substitute for plastic used as wrapping for canned beverages, made from barley waste from the brewing industry. It is biodegradable, organic, contains nutrients and is usable for soil fertilization.

Lightwash

A smart clothes washing system with UV-C light technology, capable of delivering optimal results in the cleaning of everyday garments in less time, eliminating water waste and reducing energy consumption in homes in Chile.

Water Pill

WaterPill reduces the costs of maintaining green areas, through capsules made of biodegradable materials that increase water retention on land by 50%.

2018

2nd Semester

DESAFIOS

Extended Producer Responsibility Law

Blockchain

Universal access to water

PROYECTOS

Four Water

Given the scarcity of water and the difficulty of distributing water to scattered areas, “Four Water” captures and condenses water coming from humidity, fog, dew and rain, to provide filtered water to affected families.

Takün

Takün is a project that seeks to change the caps that are currently used in PET plastic bottles for biodegradable caps. Its objective is to reduce pollution and lower costs for vendors of bottled products.

Tricket

Tricket is a secure ticket-issuing platform which eliminates illegal resale and counterfeits. The tickets are tokens issued in a smart-contract, which thanks to blockchain, are unforgeable, transferable and have low operating costs.

2018

1st Semester

DESAFIOS

Extended Producer Responsibility Law

Autonomous Vehicles

Nanotechnology for the Forestry Industry

PROYECTOS

Mamüll

WindFix is software for wind power generating companies, which allows predicting when it will be necessary to carry out maintenance on machines based on historical information on different wind turbines and their failures.