3dim said its technology invented at MIT brought 3D gestural sensing to mobile devices at a lower cost and power than rivals.

Three-dimension (3D) technology start-up 3dim Tech won $100,000 as the grand prize at US-based Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT’s) 15th annual Entrepreneurship Competition.

3dim said its technology invented at MIT brought 3D gestural sensing to mobile devices at a lower cost and power than rivals.

Andrea Colaço, a media arts and sciences PhD student at MIT and co-founder of 3dim, said: “The need for specialized hardware and high power has, to date, prevented 3D gesture capture in mobile devices, leaving users to poke at their small screens.”

The other finalists to last month’s finale were:

Ant Intelligence (Web/IT)
QuikCatheter (Life Sciences)
Symp Solutions (Wildcard)
C2Sense (Products and Services)
UPower (Energy)
EyeMitra (Wildcard)
NoMos (Emerging Markets)