令威廉王子和凯特王妃赞叹不已的创业者

周一，在印度举办的科技活动上，许多优秀创业者得到了一生只有一次的机会，向两位意想不到的评委推销他们的创业理念：剑桥公爵与公爵夫人。

威廉王子和凯特王妃在访问印度的第二天，在The Social活动上，接见了多位最聪明的创新者。The Social是专为年轻创业者们提供的合作工作空间。

据报道，这两位英国皇室成员尝试了一台印度薄饼制作机，一种新式盲人识字设备，还有一款赛车模拟装置。在参观此次科技活动的行程结束时，他们还启动了第三届年度“Tech Rocketship Awards”评选活动。据新德里英国高级专员公署（British High Commission New Delhi）表示，获奖者将有机会前往英国进行为期一周的商务旅行，与风险投资家和创业界的同行见面。

下面几位创业者有幸在周一见到了两位殿下：

Mukunda Foods公司创始人兼CEO艾什瓦尔•维卡斯

威廉王子将面糊倒到“一台印度薄饼机”的加热板上，只需一分钟便可以制作出煎饼、法式薄饼、印度薄饼和煎蛋饼。这项发明来自24岁的创新者、Mukunda Foods公司的创始人兼CEO艾什瓦尔•维卡斯。这款设备使用户可以控制印度薄饼的厚度、尺寸和类型。

据报道，维卡斯对媒体表示，剑桥公爵尝了一口之后，“公爵跟我说，他和公爵夫人非常喜欢印度薄饼，他说这是一台很棒的机器。他说，他们希望皇宫里也能有一台，公爵夫人还表示，这款机器可以用来做煎饼，所以所有伦敦人都会想要一台。”

At a tech event on Monday in India, several top entrepreneurs got a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to pitch their startup concepts to two unlikely judges: The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge.

On the second day of their India tour, Prince William and Princess Kate met with some of the brightest minds in innovation at The Social, a collaborative workspace for young entrepreneurs.

The royals reportedly tested out a dosa-making machine, a new Braille device, and a racing car simulator. At the end of their visit to the tech event, the couple kicked off the third annual Tech Rocketship Awards. Winners are eligible to go on a week-long business trip to the UK where they will meet with venture capitalists and fellow entrepreneurs, according to the British High Commission New Delhi.

Here are the entrepreneurs who met Their Royal Highnesses on Monday:

Eshwar Vikas, founder and CEO of Mukunda Foods

Prince William poured batter onto “a dosamatic machine” hot plate that makes pancakes, crepes, dosas and omelettes in just one minute. The invention is the brainchild of 24-year-old innovator founder and CEO of Mukunda Foods, Eshwar Vikas. The machine allows users to control the thickness, size and type of the dosa. After the Duke of Cambridge took a bite, Vikas reportedly told the media, “The Duke told me he and the Duchess love dosas and he said it was a wonderful machine. He said they would love to have one in their palace and the Duchess said that because you can also use it to make pancakes the whole of London will want one.”

伊萨亚斯•苏萨•瓦莱罗，马恒达车队的技师

虽然无法确定马恒达车队（Mahindra Racing）的哪些队员出席了此次科技活动，但威廉王子在试玩该车队的赛车模拟装置时，玩得很开心。马恒达车队参加的是电动方程式赛车，参赛的汽车是F1式电动汽车。

据《人物》杂志报道，威廉王子在赛车模拟装置中跑出了单圈2分06秒的成绩。据报道称，马恒达车队的技师伊萨亚斯•苏萨•瓦莱罗认为：“这是很不错的单圈成绩。威廉王子是非常棒的赛车手，只要经过一点培训，他随时都可以来我们车队参加比赛。

Isaias Sousa Valero, technician at Mahindra Racing

Though it’s unclear which members of the Mahindra Racing team attended the tech event, it looks like Prince William had a great time trying out their racing car simulator. Mahindra Racing is the company behind the motor racing team that competes in the Formula E championship for F1-style electric cars. According to People, William managed a lap time of 2 minutes and 6 seconds in the car simulator. Isaias Sousa Valero of Mahindra racing reportedly said, “It’s a good lap time. He is a really nice driver and he could come and drive for us anytime with a bit more training.”

圣斯奎提•达瓦尔，Project Mudra联合创始人。

蒙着眼睛的公爵夫妇，用创新盲人识字设备，拼写出了儿子乔治的名字。这款设备的制作成本约为150美元，目的是提高印度视觉障碍人群的识字率。计算机科学专业的学生达瓦尔与阿曼•斯利瓦斯塔瓦，在一台树莓派电脑上安装了一个带六个控制杆的盒子，设计出了这款价格低廉的盲文“听写教师”。控制杆可以上下移动，通过设备的耳机插口拼写出单词。

克里斯•谢尔德里克，what3words联合创始人兼CEO

克里斯•谢尔德里克从事音乐工作有10年时间，主要负责组织乐队演出和管理音乐创作。在工作期间，他发现许多乐队成员找不到去演奏会的路，或者供应商无法找到正确的现场入口，这令他非常沮丧。

于是，谢尔德里克决定解决这个问题，他创建了what3words。这家公司提供了一种全新的地图绘制方法，将全世界分成了无数个方形网格，并在每个网格添加简单的英语单词。据福布斯报道，该公司获得了350万英镑或500万美元风险投资。(财富中文网)

Sanskriti Dawle, co-founder Project Mudra

Blindfolded, the Duke and Duchess spelled out son George’s name using an innovative Braille learning machine. The machine, which only costs about $150 to make, aims to improve literacy rates among the visually impaired in India. Computer science students Dawle and Aman Srivastava designed this affordable Braille “dicta-teacher” by attaching a box with six pegs to a Raspberry Pi. The pegs move up or down as words come through the machine’s headphone jack.

Chris Sheldrick, co-founder & CEO of what3words

Chris Sheldrick worked in the music business for 10 years booking bands and managing production. During his time in the business, he became increasingly frustrated with band members who couldn’t find their way to gigs and suppliers who were unable to locate the right site entrance. So Sheldrick decided to solve this problem by starting what3words, a company that provides a new method of mapping that divides the world into square grids and tags them with simple English words. The company has raised £3.5 million, or about $5 million, in venture capital, according to Forbes.