This year around 20 Stephen Perse students took part, developing a diverse range of projects. There was a project to design a new type of school bag with an exoskeleton design and another to revolutionise Cambridge’s transport network by using drone taxis high above the city.  

Jamie B and Darius K in Year 8 submitted a project on their idea for using AI to revolutionise the way we garden. “Some people want to use the space in their gardens for growing food or cutting flowers but don’t know where to start. Our idea is that you can attach AI within a website to help users for gardening, such as giving tips and answers to their questions.”

Their project has been selected for the finals and the students will competed against other students by presenting their work to judges at the Institute for Engineering and Technology in Central London. They didn’t win in their section but they did get a skills award for working with industry experts.