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Ideas galore at the TeenTech awards.
Maggie Philbin, TeenTech co-founder,
and immediate Past President of the IED.
the support from our sponsors, brilliant
mentors and, of course, HRH The Duke
of York, who has been an enthusiastic
supporter of our work from the beginning.”
Maggie Philbin, TeenTech co-founder
and Tomorrow’s World presenter, points
to the importance of how schools and
students taking part in the TeenTech
programme are provided with resources
and year-round support, including
access to mentors all over the world.
“They can also attend a series of live
innovation events and workshops with
more than 200 scientists, engineers and
technology pioneers from companies
such as Accenture, Atkins, BBC Academy,
Chartered Institute of Library and
Information Professionals, Cross Country
Trains, FDM Group, GSK, JVC Kenwood,
Lloyds Banking Group, Rolls-Royce, Royal
National Orthopaedic Hospital
and Symantec,” she adds.
TEENTECH AWARDS
ENERGY: Loughborough Grammar School, Loughborough
BioPump: an electronic water pump that is completely self-suf cient and environmentally friendly.
FUTURE OF RAIL: Ranelagh School, Berkshire
Travel Anywhere Case: a smart case that combines a mode of transport, work space and seat.
FUTURE OF HEALTH (joint winners): Shef eld High School, Shef eld
Copper Assist: bandage with a patch of copper to prevent infections after surgery.
FUTURE OF HEALTH (joint winners): The Greenwich Free School, Greenwich
Simple Reminders: a reminder app for patients with dementia.
EDUCATION: Sandbach High School, Sandbach
Simpletexts: an app that will scan text and automatically simplify and summarise.
WEARABLE TECH: Bromley High School, Bromley
Echolocanimals: earrings that give visually impaired people information about their surroundings.
MUSIC, MEDIA & ENTERTAINMENT: Evelyn Grace Academy, Lambeth
The Augmented Reality Comic Book: physical comic book with an app that generates a videogame.
ENVIRONMENT: Farlingaye High School, Suffolk
Geotex: intelligent ying drones that can identify pollutants and absorb them.
SAFETY & SECURITY: Channing School, London
Project Safety: app that calculates a secure route for school children to get home safely.
FASHION & RETAIL: Farlingaye High School, Suffolk
Fashion Fusion: app to log your clothes to reduce wastage, help select out ts and help sell items easily.
DESIGN & CONSTRUCTION: Healing School, Lincolnshire
Contain Your Future: sustainable housing solution to create affordable housing for the homeless in Grimsby.
FUTURE OF FOOD: Thurston Community School, Suffolk
AFRAPAK: catering solution providing nutritional aid to those in impoverished and famine areas.
FUTURE OF TRANSPORT: Minehead Middle School, Somerset
LED Skateboard: new skateboard that features LED wheels and rims, speakers for playing music.
DIGITAL SKILLS: Horbury Academy, West Yorkshire
Memory Medication: dispenser to ensure that people with memory problems take their medication.
MANUFACTURING: Amelia Roberts
Light Pollution? Why? Affordable smart attachment for existing lamp posts to reduce light pollution.
RESEARCH & INFORMATION LITERACY: The Ladies College, Guernsey
Device to identify sugars in foods: research of sugar amount in fruit drinks, to be used for device for diabetics.
TECH FOR ALL: St George’s School, Birmingham
Solar Pi: Raspberry Pi based solar-powered computer designed to teach people coding and digital skills.
BEST INNOVATION – CONCEPT: WMG Academy, Coventry
Aether Motion: medical aid to address the psychological issues of many patients.
BEST INNOVATION – MODEL, PROTOTYPE OR PRODUCT: Mill Hill School, London
Anti-motion Stabiliser: support for those suffering from Parkinson’s to achieve improved dexterity.
BEST RESEARCH PROJECT: Oakham School, Rutland
Under-representation of women in computer science: an inquiry into the causes.
DATA SCIENCE (joint winners): Sandbach High School, Sandbach
Sensor Track: testing rig composed of 80 infrared sensors connected by Arduinos positioned along the
track.
DATA SCIENCE (joint winners): Sutton Grammar School, Surrey
Vertigo: data logger used to track position, acceleration and rotation of an object.
PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD: Dalziel High School, North Lanarkshire
Cloud Data Storage: reinvented black box for planes, which streams important data and location
information.
TEACHER OF THE YEAR
Mr Sumair Mohammed from Evelyn Grace Academy, Brixton.
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Students share their ideas
with HRH The Duke of York.
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