Kipras envisions a VR experience of Vilnius Old Town, where you can have interesting VR experiences in the area.
Japan is a homogenous nation and not quite “global”. Saaya hopes future to be the place with real “diversity”, but she believes this won’t be changed unless we do something to change it.
Amelia wants to bring awareness to the harm caused to the LGBTQIA+ community by creating a digital platform to share information, personal stories and relevant events being held in a persons area.
Kazimieras is working on a thermos that could reheat food/drinks mechanically, using a handle.
Catherine & Hamish want to create a reliable source of renewable energy.
Founder of Pronounced and professor of 20 years, Mary Amato has been widely recognized as a leading innovator in education.
Chloe, Zion & Renz are trying lessen or prevent online stalking in order to protect a person’s privacy.
Known best for her work on Selma and When They See Us, director Ava DuVernay is leading conversations about race and equality in America.
Sofija wants to create a small capsule house that you could take into the wild.
Eloise, Corynne & Vanessa want to save the whales by creating a “trash-sucker” that blends in with the ocean so that sea animals won’t eat trash.
Trinaya's goal is to reuse plastic more into a way it is not harmful to the environment as much.
Mio wants to make drones that moves just like insects.
Lumi wants people not to
throw trash on the ground.
Markus's idea solves the problem of the globally growing trend of loneliness - and the natural desire to take care of someone and to be taken care of. Plus it also supports mental health and secureness.
Mazzi, Keach & Rhey want to create an alternative solution to depleting fossil fuel sources and increasing fuel prices. We want to look into creating biofuel from algae and seawater.
Johan, Aurora, Liisa and Norma want to build a bicycle which can be used for charging whatever small electronic device (e.g. smartphone) while riding the bike.
Actor, producer, and director of the critically acclaimed film Booksmart, Olivia Wilde is a prominent voice for gender equality in the film industry.
Ileané & Surya want to reduce homelessness with the use of tiny homes
This year we focus on
UN Sustainable Development Goals
trying to make our cities better for the future.
Get to know the teams
Trinaya
Our aim is to up-cycle plastic into a product that is useful to people! We want to design an engaging and educational toy for kids. The toy will have two parts, a physical toy figure made from recycled plastic, and an Augmented Reality app. The user scans the toy and an animated version of the toy follows a story about how bad plastic pollution is.
Chloe, Zion & Renz
We want to lessen or prevent online stalking in order to protect a person’s privacy. With the rise of social media, stalking has become easier to do but harder to detect, so we want to find a solution to this problem.
Saaya
Japan is a homogenous nation and not quite “global”. I hope future to be the place with real “diversity”, but I believe this won’t be changed unless we do something to change it. I will make an original board game that can be played online from anywhere that all the generation would have fun. By playing the game, people can learn more about Kanazawa and she hope Kanazawa to be more diverse and global by having those people visit and live Kanazawa.
johan, liisa, norma & aurora
We want to build a bicycle which can be used for charging whatever small electronic device (e.g. smartphone) while riding the bike. The solution would also include an app and GPS.
Paige
I want to help solve global poverty. My solution is providing accessible, safe, and enriching education that levels the playing field for youth in NZ to enter the workforce - breaking the poverty cycle.
Kipras
I envision a VR experience of Vilnius Old Town, where you can have interesting VR experiences in the area. For instance, see how the place looked like in medieval times, or ride through it with a horse, or perhaps witness how it could look in the future.
Mazzi, Keach & Rhey
We want to create an alternative solution to depleting fossil fuel sources and increasing fuel prices. We want to look into creating biofuel from algae and seawater.
Leelo & SArah
People order takeaway food that is delivered to them in single use paper bags. Without having additional purpose, these bags are just thrown away as trash, essentially creating a situation where effective lifetime of such bag is only the time when it’s delivered to your house
We want to create a solution where bags can be returned, cleaned and reused.
Amelia
I want to lessen discrimination towards the LGBTQ+ community and bring awareness to the harm caused to the LGBTQIA+ community by creating a digital platform to share information, personal stories and relevant events being held in a persons area
markus
My idea solves the problem of the globally growing trend of loneliness - and the natural desire to take care of someone and to be taken care of. Plus it also supports mental health and secureness.
jonas
I aim to make a very special book and page holder with led lights for reading.
Ileané & Surya
Due to the rising cost of housing and the rise in awareness around living more sustainably, people are struggling to find appropriate housing.
Kazimieras
I am working on a thermos that could reheat food/drinks mechanically, using a handle.
Toni & Lucas
Our idea is to create an app that will help lessen corruption regarding government funds and government projects. We want to create a transparency app that everyday people can access to see where and how their taxes are being used by the government.
krõõt & Adele
There are many people in the world who can't read or understand what's written on the trash bins (e.g. children, and people with disabilities). It's also quite difficult to decide for most adults how to sort the trash correctly. As a result, there's too much mixed garbage that can't be used for recycling, unfortunately. Therefore we want to build a smart trash bin that can scan the waste and tell you which trash belongs where.
Silver & Sass
We don't talk that much about money. Children could have much better knowledge about money and their finances than they do now. There are budget apps for adults, but they are too difficult and not in local language. Our idea is to make children money smart though playful and easy-to-use budget app.
Catherine & Hamish
We want to create a reliable source of renewable energy.
Eloise, Corynne & Vanessa
Our team wants to save the whales by creating a “trash-sucker” that blends in with the ocean so that sea animals won’t eat trash.
Hindrik
Tark Tube is looking at a brighter future where meaningful learning happens from child to child. Tark Tube is aiming at building an online learning platform where children can learn through educational video content produced and uploaded by other children. Every child can be a teacher sharing their own skills and passion. A custom “for children - by children” learning platform makes sense as this way it can be kept free of advertisements, just recreational videos and malicious content.
Ruan & Bree
We want to educate kids about the benefits of electric cars through interactive augmented reality game that they can play while driving in the back seat.
Alekz
I want to create a robot that helps people with depression and anxiety manage their emotions. I want to look into the roots of depression and anxiety also, especially bullying and family problems.
Mio
I want to make drones that moves just like insects.
sofija
I want to create a small capsule house that you could take into the wild.
Lumi
I don't like that people litter the urban outdoor areas by throwing garbage on the ground.
AMelija & Rasa
We want to design a vending machine that could heat up food too, like frozen pizza or soup.
