Device to improve basketball shot wins student business competition

Boosted Ideas Lab, a team of four 成人头条 students, is the winner of the 2019 Shocker New Venture Competition at 成人头条.

The team's product, the Boost Hoop, is a shot-arc developer and confidence booster for developing basketball players. The Boost Hoop instantly sparks love for the game and naturally reinforces critical shooting skills.

Team members are Jason DeGarmo, Isaac Wilson, Andrew Haden and Logan Cassity. As the winning team, Boosted Ideas Lab won $8,500 and a $1,500 membership to .

Hosted by WSU's Center for Entrepreneurship, the competition serves as an opportunity for college students from across the state, from a variety of majors, to take key steps in developing and launching a new business venture.

Full list of winners:

  • 1st place -- Boosted Ideas Lab
  • 2nd place -- Tech Head: Dedicated to developing bone-conduction technology that will allow employees in noisy environments to maintain hearing protection while allowing employees to effectively communicate in the workplace.
  • 3rd place -- PARROT: A portable wireless mouthpiece that maps natural lingual pressure and motion behaviors. PARROT aims to provide a non-invasive diagnostic and therapy tool to address sleep apnea.
  • 4th place -- DUO Health: Through secure online patient portals, nurse practitioners will empower patients by providing convenient, affordable prescription birth control options, and timely, discreet, nonjudgmental diagnosis and treatment for sexually transmitted infections.
  • People's Choice Award -- Bionic6: An exoskeleton-based radiation protection system with a lightweight, compact and adjustable design that prevents traumatic orthopedic injuries and reduces radiation hazards for personnel exposed to radiation.
  • Healthcare Innovation Award: PARROT

Other finalists included:

  • Nuria -- Nuria's product helps anyone caring for a child to detect built-up levels of Phe instantly through urine instead of by the current method 鈥 blood tests that take days for results.
  • TableTop -- TableTop is a universal progressive web application that integrates with restaurant POS systems, allowing customers to pay their tab on their phone at their convenience.

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