How might one quickly develop bold ideas?

The jury of the hackathon gave first prize to the team that created an AI solution on an Edge device that can be used on-site with image recognition, data validating and ML models. The idea that they introduced as a POC detects cable damage by using a 2K camera and an RPI5 device. ‘“Our solution can be developed further and can then be used for predictive maintenance, wire damage detection, thermal image interference, dam inspections and so on. The goal is to only deliver data to the Cloud that we are interested in – so only related to damage or failure. This limits the amount of data that needs to be transferred and thereby reduces CO2 emissions, next to needing fewer man hours and less IT/infrastructure costs’, explains Mikael Söderström from the wining team. Ulf Stolzke, Client & Network Director and member of the jury, states: ‘This idea was outstanding. It focuses on sustainability, not only when it comes to reducing our CO2 footprint, but also when it comes to reducing costs in transferring data from different sites to the Cloud.’ Ulf went on to say: ‘I want to point out, too, that this is one of the solutions that deals with our core business, our asset-driven business. The team came up with a solution that can also be extended to use in multiple situations and therefore there are many opportunities for its application in different parts of Vattenfall. A great job done and a good presentation by the team!’