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James at the Teen Tech Awards
TeenTech Awards 2014 – a right Royal occasion!
June 28, 2014
The Grand Final of the second TeenTech Awards has showcased yet again the fantastic ideas and inventiveness of young people. Thirty seven teams of finalists came together at the Royal Society to decide who would be the winners in eleven different categories.
To raise the level of excitement still further we were delighted to have a visit from our Patron, HRH Duke of York KG, who was keen to meet the finalists. To our complete amazement , he visited every single student team to understand more about their innovations. The winners have been invited to Buckingham Palace.
Addressing pupils who had taken part in the Awards, The Duke said: “If we don’t encourage young people to be interested in technology and the digital world and apply that knowledge then we are not going to be a rich country in the future. All these projects you have undertaken are about problem solving and that’s what is needed in the real world. Thanks to TeenTech you are finding solutions to problems someone of my age might never have even considered. And the solutions you are finding could make a difference to a whole range of people, not only now but into the future.”
During the day students were thrilled to meet leading people in science and technology who were just as keen themselves to get to know the innovators of the future. Those who had the hard choice of choosing from amongst a very strong field included celebrities such as Dallas Campbell, Martha Lane Fox, Helen Czerski, Janice Long and Kate Russell.
Stephen Fry opened the ceremony before high fiving his way down the aisle . James May spent three hours listening to ideas and taking ‘selfies’ with the teenagers.
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Birkdale School in Sheffield was crowned the overall winner for their idea to make cars safer by lowering the risk of slipping in bad conditions. Max Doody and James Bradley, both 15, explained: “We’re both keen motorsports fans and were chatting about the cars in a maths lesson. Our idea was that if a fan was used to suck the car down to the road, traction levels would be higher so in wet or icy conditions, the car would be a lot safer. “When we first started working on the idea in September, we drew a digital sketch based on the science behind it and have since been through lots of models and prototypes. We’ve been through a lot of trial and error. Our school has an enterprise incubation centre called The Design Hatchery and we’ve already spoken to companies in the car industry for their advice. After winning the TeenTech Award we’re now itching for the next step of commercialising the idea. We’re looking for further partners in the auto industry to bring this to reality.”
www.teentech.com/teentech-awards-2014-a-right-royal-occasion/
The Teen Tech Awards took place at The Royal Society in London
Wednesday, 25 June 2014
Around 100 students presented their ideas for future inventions to a panel of judges including James May and Stephen Fry
Some sought to solve everyday issues like choosing a good outfit, while others tackled serious topics like dementia and hearing loss
The winners were Birkdale School in Sheffield for their idea to make cars safer by reducing the risk of slipping in bad conditions
Say cheese! A total of one hundred teenagers from across the UK were picked to present their work to a team of judges, who included Top Gear's James May, seen posing here for a selfie
Teenagers from across the country have dreamed up inventions from play parks that generate power to wardrobes that choose an outfit, in a bid to make life ‘better, simpler and easier’ in the future.
Whimsical ideas entered for The Teen Tech Awards include a pen that spots spelling mistakes, and a way to grow your own clothes.
Other designs, which have been presented at The Royal Society in London today, aimed to solve some of society’s more pressing problems and give people suffering from dementia, for example, extra care.
A total of one hundred teenagers from across the UK were picked to present their work to a team of judges, who included Top Gear’s James May, Stephen Fry, TV presenters Kate Russell and Maggie Philbin, as well as academics.
The 'spellomatic pen' was the brainchild of three girls from Oldfield School in Somerset.
It was designed to detect handwriting and point out if a word is spelt incorrectly. While it could be used by anyone, the smart pen is intended to help dyslexic people, in particular.
Pupils from The Hayfield School, Doncaster, created Snap-Wrap, which is an idea for a smartw*tch that tells people if they have eaten their five-a-day.
A team of three girls from Hampton School in Greater London, came up with Scanner-Planner, which is a magnet that ‘solves all your best before date worries’.
The magnet would clip to a fridge and set off an alarm when an item inside is out of date. In order to use the device, people would need to type the date into the device – before promptly forgetting to eat it.
Year 8 pupils at Sandbach High School in Cheshire created a project called Grow Your Own Clothes.
'Trends moves so quickly these days, that as people try to keep up with fashion, their old clothes just get wasted...We wanted to create a biodegradable material that was affordable and on-trend and could be grown by anybody,' they said.
To do this, the pupils mixed green tea with sugar and cider vinegar to create a culture that creates thin layers of fibres. It takes up to a month to develop and the resulting fabric can be dyed naturally with beetroot juice.
Sarah Griffin, 15, a student from Loreto Grammar School, Cheshire, come up with the idea for ’Dementiago,’ a waterproof anklet that can be worn by dementia sufferers and allows family member and carers to track them using a smartphone app.
It would contain a microchip with the person’s name, age, address, next of kin and medical information on it, which could be scanned by medical professionals in the event of an emergency.
Griffin designed the anklet to give people with dementia more freedom and family members peace of mind that their relative is safe.
She won the healthcare category in the competition last year with a blood glucose monitor for diabetics, and is currently raising money to put it into production.
A team of students from Stocksbridge High School, South Yorkshire, invented the MicroGlove for deaf people. Using built-in microphones, the glove would translate speech into text, which is displayed on a touchscreen.
The person using the glove could either speak back naturally or even use the glove to reply in another language of their choice.
All the inventions are intended to change the future of Britain and there are winners of each of the 15 categories, as well as an overall champion. The Duke of York also attended the competition.
Sarah Griffin,15, (pictured) came up with - 'Dementiago' - an waterproof anklet that can be worn by dementia sufferers and allows family member and carers to track them using a smartphone app. Here, she explains her invention to Stephen Fry
'If we don't encourage young people to be interested in technology and the digital world and apply that knowledge then we are not going to be a rich country in the future,' he said.
The overall winners were students from Birkdale School in Sheffield with their idea to make cars safer by lowering the risk of slipping in bad conditions.
Max Doody and James Bradley, both 15, explained: 'We’re both keen motorsports fans and were chatting about the cars in a maths lesson.
'Our idea was that if a fan was used to suck the car down to the road, traction levels would be higher so in wet or icy conditions, the car would be a lot safer.'
'After winning the TeenTech Award we’re now itching for the next step of commercialising the idea. We’re looking for further partners in the auto industry to bring this to reality.'
The awards is part of a drive by scientists and educators to increase the number of teenagers obtaining qualifications in science, technology, engineering and mathematics – known as Stem subjects.
A recent study by the Royal Academy of Engineering warned there will be a shortfall of 830,000 Stem graduates by 2020. The UK currently only produces 23,000 engineering graduates a year.
TeenTech will be run in 12 regions and is expected to reach over 350 schools in 2014 and 2015.
Year 8 pupils in Cheshire created a project called Grow Your Own Clothes. 'Trends moves so quickly these days. We wanted to create a biodegradable material that was affordable and on-trend', they said. Jacqueline Vu (left) and Lydia Houghton (right) are pictured with James May
www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2669161/From-pen-spots-spelling-mistakes-vegetable-counting-wristband-Teenagers-design-range-futuristic-gadgets.html
TeenTech Awards 2014 – a right Royal occasion!
June 28, 2014
The Grand Final of the second TeenTech Awards has showcased yet again the fantastic ideas and inventiveness of young people. Thirty seven teams of finalists came together at the Royal Society to decide who would be the winners in eleven different categories.
To raise the level of excitement still further we were delighted to have a visit from our Patron, HRH Duke of York KG, who was keen to meet the finalists. To our complete amazement , he visited every single student team to understand more about their innovations. The winners have been invited to Buckingham Palace.
Addressing pupils who had taken part in the Awards, The Duke said: “If we don’t encourage young people to be interested in technology and the digital world and apply that knowledge then we are not going to be a rich country in the future. All these projects you have undertaken are about problem solving and that’s what is needed in the real world. Thanks to TeenTech you are finding solutions to problems someone of my age might never have even considered. And the solutions you are finding could make a difference to a whole range of people, not only now but into the future.”
During the day students were thrilled to meet leading people in science and technology who were just as keen themselves to get to know the innovators of the future. Those who had the hard choice of choosing from amongst a very strong field included celebrities such as Dallas Campbell, Martha Lane Fox, Helen Czerski, Janice Long and Kate Russell.
Stephen Fry opened the ceremony before high fiving his way down the aisle . James May spent three hours listening to ideas and taking ‘selfies’ with the teenagers.
Birkdale School in Sheffield was crowned the overall winner for their idea to make cars safer by lowering the risk of slipping in bad conditions. Max Doody and James Bradley, both 15, explained: “We’re both keen motorsports fans and were chatting about the cars in a maths lesson. Our idea was that if a fan was used to suck the car down to the road, traction levels would be higher so in wet or icy conditions, the car would be a lot safer. “When we first started working on the idea in September, we drew a digital sketch based on the science behind it and have since been through lots of models and prototypes. We’ve been through a lot of trial and error. Our school has an enterprise incubation centre called The Design Hatchery and we’ve already spoken to companies in the car industry for their advice. After winning the TeenTech Award we’re now itching for the next step of commercialising the idea. We’re looking for further partners in the auto industry to bring this to reality.”
www.teentech.com/teentech-awards-2014-a-right-royal-occasion/
The Teen Tech Awards took place at The Royal Society in London
Wednesday, 25 June 2014
Around 100 students presented their ideas for future inventions to a panel of judges including James May and Stephen Fry
Some sought to solve everyday issues like choosing a good outfit, while others tackled serious topics like dementia and hearing loss
The winners were Birkdale School in Sheffield for their idea to make cars safer by reducing the risk of slipping in bad conditions
Say cheese! A total of one hundred teenagers from across the UK were picked to present their work to a team of judges, who included Top Gear's James May, seen posing here for a selfie
Teenagers from across the country have dreamed up inventions from play parks that generate power to wardrobes that choose an outfit, in a bid to make life ‘better, simpler and easier’ in the future.
Whimsical ideas entered for The Teen Tech Awards include a pen that spots spelling mistakes, and a way to grow your own clothes.
Other designs, which have been presented at The Royal Society in London today, aimed to solve some of society’s more pressing problems and give people suffering from dementia, for example, extra care.
A total of one hundred teenagers from across the UK were picked to present their work to a team of judges, who included Top Gear’s James May, Stephen Fry, TV presenters Kate Russell and Maggie Philbin, as well as academics.
The 'spellomatic pen' was the brainchild of three girls from Oldfield School in Somerset.
It was designed to detect handwriting and point out if a word is spelt incorrectly. While it could be used by anyone, the smart pen is intended to help dyslexic people, in particular.
Pupils from The Hayfield School, Doncaster, created Snap-Wrap, which is an idea for a smartw*tch that tells people if they have eaten their five-a-day.
A team of three girls from Hampton School in Greater London, came up with Scanner-Planner, which is a magnet that ‘solves all your best before date worries’.
The magnet would clip to a fridge and set off an alarm when an item inside is out of date. In order to use the device, people would need to type the date into the device – before promptly forgetting to eat it.
Year 8 pupils at Sandbach High School in Cheshire created a project called Grow Your Own Clothes.
'Trends moves so quickly these days, that as people try to keep up with fashion, their old clothes just get wasted...We wanted to create a biodegradable material that was affordable and on-trend and could be grown by anybody,' they said.
To do this, the pupils mixed green tea with sugar and cider vinegar to create a culture that creates thin layers of fibres. It takes up to a month to develop and the resulting fabric can be dyed naturally with beetroot juice.
Sarah Griffin, 15, a student from Loreto Grammar School, Cheshire, come up with the idea for ’Dementiago,’ a waterproof anklet that can be worn by dementia sufferers and allows family member and carers to track them using a smartphone app.
It would contain a microchip with the person’s name, age, address, next of kin and medical information on it, which could be scanned by medical professionals in the event of an emergency.
Griffin designed the anklet to give people with dementia more freedom and family members peace of mind that their relative is safe.
She won the healthcare category in the competition last year with a blood glucose monitor for diabetics, and is currently raising money to put it into production.
A team of students from Stocksbridge High School, South Yorkshire, invented the MicroGlove for deaf people. Using built-in microphones, the glove would translate speech into text, which is displayed on a touchscreen.
The person using the glove could either speak back naturally or even use the glove to reply in another language of their choice.
All the inventions are intended to change the future of Britain and there are winners of each of the 15 categories, as well as an overall champion. The Duke of York also attended the competition.
Sarah Griffin,15, (pictured) came up with - 'Dementiago' - an waterproof anklet that can be worn by dementia sufferers and allows family member and carers to track them using a smartphone app. Here, she explains her invention to Stephen Fry
'If we don't encourage young people to be interested in technology and the digital world and apply that knowledge then we are not going to be a rich country in the future,' he said.
The overall winners were students from Birkdale School in Sheffield with their idea to make cars safer by lowering the risk of slipping in bad conditions.
Max Doody and James Bradley, both 15, explained: 'We’re both keen motorsports fans and were chatting about the cars in a maths lesson.
'Our idea was that if a fan was used to suck the car down to the road, traction levels would be higher so in wet or icy conditions, the car would be a lot safer.'
'After winning the TeenTech Award we’re now itching for the next step of commercialising the idea. We’re looking for further partners in the auto industry to bring this to reality.'
The awards is part of a drive by scientists and educators to increase the number of teenagers obtaining qualifications in science, technology, engineering and mathematics – known as Stem subjects.
A recent study by the Royal Academy of Engineering warned there will be a shortfall of 830,000 Stem graduates by 2020. The UK currently only produces 23,000 engineering graduates a year.
TeenTech will be run in 12 regions and is expected to reach over 350 schools in 2014 and 2015.
Year 8 pupils in Cheshire created a project called Grow Your Own Clothes. 'Trends moves so quickly these days. We wanted to create a biodegradable material that was affordable and on-trend', they said. Jacqueline Vu (left) and Lydia Houghton (right) are pictured with James May
www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2669161/From-pen-spots-spelling-mistakes-vegetable-counting-wristband-Teenagers-design-range-futuristic-gadgets.html
