Team Oryx has been declared the winner of the GCC semi-final of Henkel’s student competition – the Henkel Innovation Challenge 7. Sarah Mustafa and Jaasim Polin, representing the Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar were adjudged the winners by the jury over with their innovative idea — AOK Allure-Digital Beauty Cream.
The team will therefore be representing the GCC at the international finals, to be held in Düsseldorf, Germany between March 31 and April 3. In Düsseldorf, they will meet the best teams from the other 29 countries participating in the Henkel Innovation Challenge.
Explaining about the product, Sarah and Jaasim said: “It is the world’s first programmable beauty product. This cream is made of living proteins with digital data stored in them. It is controlled by people with the help of special software on a computer. The cream will be able to reproduce a 3D model of the face of the user and display it on an external device. The users will be able to make retouching on their face such as changing shades, colour, hiding pimples, improving glow, radiance and curves on the face.”The Peninsula
