The 2019 Asia Hardware Battle Bangkok competition was a tough fight but one that’s close to the heart of the country of smiles and agriculture. The battle was organized with support from RISE Accelerator and held at True Digital Park’s newly open Innovation Hub. Both are partners of TechNode and co-organizers of Asia Hardware Battle 2019 Bangkok.
After an intense competition, one hardware startup rose above the rest and will be representing Bangkok at the grand final round of Asia Hardware Battle in Shanghai this October. In this competition, the winning startup was put through a series of stringent evaluation and step-by-step screening by several prominent judges:
– Dr. Jumpot Phuritatkul, Chief Technology Officer at True Digital Park
– Mr. Nattapat Thanesvorakul, Head of Strategy and New Ventures at RISE
– Dr. Marong Phadoongsidhi, Assistant Professor at King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi
– Mr. Parin Songpracha, Chief Executive at Nasket International (Hong Kong)
– Mr. Lock Fan, Head of TechNode Venture Capital
Winner: SystemStone
Vibro is SystemStone’s cutting-edge IoT innovation with an ultra-sensitive vibration sensor and AI capability. The unique design predicts machine failure before it happens and sends a notification to the maintenance engineer’s smartphone. It is an advanced machine maintenance hardware-tech using mobile technology and industrial IoT. It reduces more than half of the spare parts cost and workforce of a factory.
Other participating startups:
Maker Playground is an open-source end-to-end platform for IoT and embedded development. Maker Playground purposes a behavioral-based programming method using a graphical diagram where code can be automatically generated and programmed into an actual hardware board and an interactive experiment mode where user can control and interface with the actual hardware and monitor the results in real-time without the traditional compile and verify cycle.
DRVR connects IoT Devices to the CAN bus of the vehicles, extract the data and transform it into actionable knowledge. DRVR combines hardware and software to develop a unique gamified platform for both dealers and carmakers.
Easy Rice was invented to take advantage of artificial intelligence and mechanical machinery to revolutionize the agriculture industry – specifically rice harvesting. It helps to solve and innovate the way rice is examined.
Xentrack is an indoor location tracking, temperature monitoring IoT solution targeted at hospitals or medical facilities. Xentrack does real-time location tracking for assets or people and is able to notify users via line, SMS or email.
Supporting Partners for AHB 2019
Next Stop – Singapore Pitch on Oct 1
We would like to extend a big thanks to all participants, judges, and partner organizers. We couldn’t have had such a successful outcome without the help of RISE Accelerator & True Digital Park for their great support. SystemStone is getting ready to battle it out at the Grand Finals in Shanghai.