On 11 July, Edward Noel and three of his Exeter University mates won $50,000 (£33,000) at Microsoft-sponsored Imagine Cup finals in St Petersberg. Their invention, an app called SoundSYNK, allows people to hook mobile and tablet devices and stream music over all the devices simultaneously.
But Noel and his teammates -- Robert Parker, Alexander Bochenski and Jonathan Neumann -- have loftier ambitions than simply this innovative mobile surround sound system: they want to transform the way people share data.
"We're creating something called the Impromptu Social Network," says Noel, speaking from Atlanta where the team have been flown out to present at Microsoft's annual Global Exchange conference. "It's the ability to connect an unlimited number of people together in your area".
By: Kadhim Shubber,
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via Wired.co.uk
http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2013-07/18/soundsynk
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