The 3-D printed car Strati was Best of Show winner at the SXSW Innovation Awards. Credit Strati
South by Southwest has several award shows, the last of which closed the festival on Tuesday night: the SXSW Innovation Awards.
Here’s a list of winners from the ceremony, which was hosted at the Hilton Downtown Austin by comedian James Adomian. Following that, a list of award winners of this year’s SXSW Accelerator startup competition and the SXSW Gaming Awards. Strap in, folks!
SXSW Innovation Awards
BEST OF SHOW
Strati, The World's First 3D Printed Car
By: Local Motors Inc., Las Vegas, NV
HALL OF FAME INDUCTION
Tamara Hudgins, Girlstart
BREAKOUT TREND OF THE YEAR
Diversity
SPEAKER OF THE EVENT
Martine Rothblatt, United Therapeutics Corporation – "AI, Immortality and the Future of Selves" keynote (interviewed by Lisa Miller, New York Magazine)
HEALTH MED & BIOTECH
VocaliD, Boston
INNOVATION IN CONNECTING PEOPLE
FireChat: the first off-the-grid messaging app
By: Open Garden Inc., San Francisco
INNOVATIVE 3-DIY
Project Daniel
By: Not Impossible, Los Angeles
INTERNET OF THINGS
Clever Buoy
By: M&C Saatchi, Sydney, Australia
MUSIC DISCOVERY
Cone
By: Aether, San Francisco
NEW ECONOMY
Acorns, Newport Beach, Calif.
PRIVACY & SECURITY
Disconnect
By: Disconnect, San Francisco
RESPONSIVE DESIGN
100 Years of Design
By: Second Story, part of SapientNitro, Portland, Oregon
SCIFI NO LONGER
Noninvasive skin cancer detection device
By: Cockrell School of Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin
STUDENT INNOVATION
Expressive Wearable
By: Sangli Li, Pasadena, Calif.
SUSTAINABLE TECH
EDGEhome
By: Green Edge Technologies, Inc., San Diego, Calif.
TRANSPORTATION ADVANCEMENTS
Guide Dots
By: VML, Kansas City, Missouri
VISUAL MEDIA EXPERIENCE
netwars / out of CTRL
By: filmtank GmbH, Berlin
WEARABLE TECH
FreeWavz Smart Earphones
By: hEar Gear, Inc., Melbourne, Florida
