GRAViTONUS, a medical device company that developed an Alternative Computer Control System (ACCS) that helps paralyzed individuals efficiently control computers and resume active lives, won The Humanitarian Prize at the second global Intel+UC Berkeley Technology Entrepreneurship Challenge on Thursday, October 26, at the University of California, Berkeley campus.

The global business plan competition invited entrepreneurial teams from 20 Arab, Chinese, Indian, Mexican, Russian, Singaporean, and US universities. The competition is sponsored by Intel and hosted by the Lester Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation at UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business.

The competition is designed to promote the unique combination of technical innovation and entrepreneurial skills at higher education institutions around the globe. It brings together the best research institutions around the world in partnership with regional business plan competitions to find teams and technologies with the potential for positive global impact.

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