They think out of the box, they’re creative and they’re making the world a better place.

Participants of the Crown Family Social Entrepreneurship Program combine technology and social activism to devise fresh solutions to emerging challenges.  Now, two teams have been awarded grants to operationalize their projects.

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Out of Mind, a new RPG video game, helps gamers understand people who struggle with mental disorders. Ella Luna Pleasance and Tamir Zahavi, graduates of Sapir’s Computer Science program, received NIS 25,000 to develop a full version of the game.

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Tomer Levy’s Multieye application, an AI based initiative to crowdsource information on road hazards and alert relevant authorities, will get NIS 5,000 together with development assistance.  Levy, a Sapir graduate in Industrial Management, is now collaborating with Israel’s National Transport Infrastructure Company on what could be a breakthrough in highway safety.  The Crown program is based at the College’s Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, which uses innovative, customized, interdisciplinary teaching methods to help students transform their ideas into entrepreneurial ventures.

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