A final year student of Electronics and computer engineering at the Federal University of Technology, Owerri has developed a
software geared towards reducing infant mortality in developing countries. The App which he calls the i propose(i-Solutions), detects pathologies in newly born babies from the cry sound they produce using neural networks.

He has enrolled in an innovative competition organized by an international body CRDF for Asia, middle east and Africa. The name of the competition is Global Innovation Through Science and Technology (GISTech). Contestants are to create a 2 minute video presentation of how they can solve a world problem using Sci and Tech.

The thing is that all competition entries (videos) are to be voted for by public on you tube and only those with the highest votes qualify to the next round.

I watched the video and I was once again proud to be a Nigerian! Let's vote for this Lad! He's our very own representing 9ja on the Global Stage! For once let's be renowned for something good other than 419!

Vote for him here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRE0bgAvP_o

Thank you sweet-pawn for helping me start this thread.

Though I have just 36 votes presently and will need nearly 1000 to qualify (because the Egyptians in the competition are quite overwhelming), I believe that as soon as it gets to the home page nairalanders will make 1000 seem like a small thing and vote for me overwhelmingly too.

I just hope it gets there soon enough.

Friends, vote for i-Solutions, for upliftment of our motherland, Nigeria!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRE0bgAvP_o

Vote where?

@Salmoneus
This is the link to the YouTube video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRE0bgAvP_o . Please vote by clicking on the "Like" button. Thanks.

This kinda stuff should go to other blocks. The doctors on the board will be interested in voting too.
IN fact, this should be on the frontpage self.

Already voted

Woulda said you should post a similar thread on the health section but u might be banned. Dont worry Tryxo even if u dont make front page,u will get your votes. Naija no go carry last!

well, okay. My vote count has increased to 51 but still a long way to go. I'll stay hopeful on Seun and the moderator(s).

I think it's a good idea to put this on the front page.

Ive voted and shared it on my FB profile.

Thank you! Bakenda.

voted

Tryxo this is a very good work and I wish you luck. just for the purpose of learning can you explain this software of yours?

if you vote for incredible stuff just because they are Nigeria then you will live to regret. don't joke with human being life, think about yourself that what they are doing can affect your life, your relative and friend.

Voted, you will make it,

Wow! When I saw 75 votes, I knew this thread had gotten to the home page. Thank you Seun/Moderator.

@bomly.
This work arose from extensive medical research that shows that infants especially at the early stage of birth primarily communicate through the cry sounds they produce. Thus most conditions or pathologies in newly born infants such as asphyxia, hearing difficulties usually reflect in the cry which is essentially sound waves.
Thus, from the IT perspective, the wave patterns unique to a particular condition can be studied and learnt using a pattern classification model. This learning process then makes it possible to be able to identify babies whose cry wave patterns matches any of the 'learnt' ones.

It is possible to do this pattern classification models such as support vector machine(svm), connectionist models(neural networks) or even Genetic programming as some have proposed.

I am using Artificial Neural Networks with MATLAB for the initial stage of the work.
My final goal is to launch the App on a mobile platform, preferably Android.
I hope I was able to summarise it well enough.

Keep the votes coming guyz.

nakedall:

if you vote for incredible stuff just because they are Nigeria then you will live to regret. don't joke with human being life, think about yourself that what they are doing can affect your life, your relative and friend.

I don't understand your post, man.

nakedall:

if you vote for incredible stuff just because they are Nigeria then you will live to regret. don't joke with human being life, think about yourself that what they are doing can affect your life, your relative and friend.

I guess you are missing something here. Should there be a 'not' somewhere?

In short, what do you mean?

Voted

If 'juman' don vote, then everybody go vote

agabaI23:

If 'juman' don vote, then everybody go vote

lol, Is juman jesus?

@poster
NLders dont respond easily to such, they will rather prefer to know where u from and if u giye the right impression they will gladly follow u.
I will do my own part while @ the same time wishing u the best.

Tryxo:

@Salmoneus
This is the link to the YouTube video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRE0bgAvP_o . Please vote by clicking on the "Like" button. Thanks.

I am proud of you, mobile medical apps for smartphones are a new growth area and will be more useful in a country like nigeria where the medical facilities need much improvement.

Anyway, I just voted for you on Youtube - but your music is well, I could not hear you clearly with all that opera music sha Goodluck!

Voted, and will tweet it, good luck

Voted too. all the best

Well done Tryxo!!!! Voted already.

Always glad when i see Nigeria youths excelling. Do not worry. U'll get to the peak.

voted, voted, voted. Great job man

I have voted. What if people vote multiple times?

Post this on other Nigerian fora too or even international ICT related fora.

I'm proud of any Nigerian doing incredible stuff. I always know that with the right training, we would be standing the very best around the world, already voted

@toluxal. it only permits one "Like" per google account.
I thank you all for Liking and sharing my entry.