$10,000 Competition Challenges Young Innovators to “Build a Better World,” Starting with the Flip Phone
NEEDHAM, Mass.--(COLLEGIATE PRESSWIRE)--Jan 21, 2002--PTC(R) (Nasdaq: PMTC), the product development company(TM), and Motorola today challenged U.S. and Canadian college engineering students to set their imaginations free as they design a futuristic new consumer communication product that incorporates Motorola’s popular “flip” feature.
PTC’s and Motorola’s “Flip for Design” competition is designed to give teams of ambitious students real-world engineering experience as they build new ideas around the successful MicroTAC “flip phone” Motorola introduced in 1989. This popular design led to others at Motorola, including the StarTAC and the current favorite, the v60. The competition will provide Motorola with a new generation’s thinking about its consumer wireless products, while encouraging students to use PTC’s design and collaboration software.
“The flip or clamshell design has been popular and widely emulated because it allows the designer to pack so many features, including a QWERTY keyboard, into a compact device,” said Leif Soderburg, senior vice president of the Motorola Personal Communications Sector’s strategy team. “We are looking for fresh new thinking that will extend the concept into the 21st century. Motorola’s interest in this competition goes beyond our corporate commitment to education to getting fresh ideas from a new generation of engineers, who also happen to be consumers.”
“PTC is committed to helping young innovators build a better world,” said John Stuart, senior vice president of marketing at PTC. “We created this competition as part of our effort to encourage more students to become engineers. We hope they’ll go on to exciting product development careers at great companies that put products first, like Motorola.”
The team that creates the “Best Overall Design” will receive a grand prize of $10,000. Each member of this team, as well as the winners in other categories, will also receive a weekend trip to attend the award ceremony; a $500 gift certificate; a Motorola personal communication device; and Pro/ENGINEER(R) and Pro/MECHANICA(R) software student editions. Sponsoring professors of the winning teams will receive gifts for their classrooms.
The Flip for Design Challenge: design a pocket-sized, clamshell-shape communication device with an innovative hinge design that remains functional even when dropped. Clamshell-shape devices, like quahogs and oysters, flip open and close on a hinge. Entries do not have to be cellular phones; they can be any kind of personal communication device that employs the flip feature.
Participants are required to form teams of two to four participants. They must design their entries on PTC’s Pro/ENGINEER or Pro/DESKTOP(R) software, and work collaboratively with one another through PTC’s Web-based virtual workspace, Pro/COLLABORATE™. Judges will include representatives from PTC and Motorola, editors of industry publications and other leaders in the product development industry.
Registration for the contest ends Feb. 8, 2002. Entries must be submitted to PTC by April 12, 2002, and the winners will be announced May 24, 2002. The awards ceremony will take place at an as-yet undetermined location in June. For contest rules, regulations and guidelines and for more information, go to www.ptc.com/go/competition.
About PTC
PTC (Nasdaq: PMTC) develops, markets, and supports software solutions that help manufacturers design great products to meet the needs of their customers. PTC is the world’s largest software company with a total commitment to product development. The company services more than 33,000 customers worldwide. Further information on PTC is available at https://www.ptc.com.
About Motorola
Motorola Inc. (NYSE:MOT) is a global leader in providing integrated communications and embedded electronic solutions. Sales in 2000 were $37.6 billion.
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