NineSigma 2014 - Innovation Contest by Konica Minolta

NineSigma invites you to participate in the Innovation Contest by Konica Minolta　(RFP0257689)
This contest seeks an idea that will enable “service innovation” built on their newly developed input device for digitizing and recognizing, in real time, handwritten characters and drawings on any paper with any type of pen.
The client believes that this technology can be utilized in the medical, educational, industrial and other emerging application fields.
More information is available in the Request (REQ) document online at www.ninesigma.co.jp/contest/Konicaminolta_en/.
Konica Minolta will be awarding a total of US $10,000 in cash prizes for promising proposers (a maximum of five individuals or organizations). The winners will be announced on the official website.
NineSigma has identified you as a party with the potential to respond to this contest, or as a contact who might know of someone with expertise in this area. Visit us at www.ninesigma.co.jp/contest/Konicaminolta_en/ to learn more and to follow the Challenge to receive updates.
To submit a proposal, to send a proposal by e-mail in accordance with the response template. The submission deadline for non-confidential proposals is October 31, 2014.
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