Yahoo gives Singapore students prizes for widgets

24.10.2008

-- A widget developed by the student team from Temasek Polytechnic for food company Kellogg Asia. This includes calorie and body mass index (better known as BMI) calculators and other health tips.

-- A widget developed by students from Singapore Polytechnic to encourage travel with Malaysian Airlines. Features include a tool to help travellers determine the most attractive fare, destination guides, weather forecasts and a currency converter.

-- A widget designed by the Nanyang Polytechnic student team for travel website UEEEU.com. This includes a language translator, a world time indicator, destination guides, hotel and vehicle search and reservation functions, and a travel planning tool.

NTU's entry was further declared "best in show" by judges from Yahoo and the IDA.

The winning widgets are expected to be available on Yahoo Go 3.0, Yahoo's mobile software suite, at a later date.