On Wednesday 25th June,  the finalists in the TeenTech Awards 2014 will travel to The Royal Society to present their innovative ideas to some of the most famous people working in science and technology. We’re keeping their names under wraps until Wednesday but they’re all looking forward to seeing innovative student projects which use technology to make life ‘better simpler or easier’

The ideas, created by 11-16 year olds working in groups of three, range from play-parks which generate power and water supplies , wardrobes that choose and deliver your clothing, gloves which translate speech and a way to “grow your own clothes”

The winners will be invited to a special reception at Buckingham Palace on October 14th.

Sponsors of the awards include Google, Hewlett Packard, CPC, National Grid, Airbus, Equal Experts, OCR, Institute of Food Science and Technology, Cranfield University and PA Consulting.

 

The finalists

1: Energy

Loughborough Grammar School

Richard Lander School

The Holt School

The Costello School

2: Transport

Birkdale School

Ranelagh School

St Birinus School

Impington Village

3: Healthcare

Loreto Grammar School

Sandbach High School & Sixth Form College

The Hayfield School

King Edward VII

4: Education

Loughborough Grammar School

Mulberry School For Girls

Oldfield School

Millburn Academy

5: Wearable Technology

Sandbach High School & Sixth Form College

Loreto Grammar School

Sandwich Technology School

Stocksbridge High School

6: Environment

Wirral Grammar School for Girls

Park House School

Sandwich Technology School

7: Entertainment

Loreto Grammar School

Oakhampton College

Howard of Effingham School

Mulberry School for Girls

8: Keeping safe in Cyberspace

Birkdale School

Bethnal Green

Park House School

9: Design & Construction

Birkdale School

Oakhampton College

Notre Dame High School Greenock

William Hulme Grammar School

10: Future of Food

Hampton School

The Hayfield School

Sandbach School

11: Programming

Birkdale School

King Edward VII

St Birinus

12. Journalism

Pentrehafod School

Mulberry School

The Hayfield School

13. Teacher of the Year

Miranda Creed-Miles Cirencester School

Mrs Manton, Loreto Grammar School

Ms Raghad McFadden, Mulberry School for Girls

Jane Hughes, Howard of Effingham

14. The Manufacturing Award

Judged on the day across all categories.