Samsung select its ‘Solve for Tomorrow’ winning innovations

Samuel Mo (16) and Dexter Rigby (17) of team Optimum were announced as the winners of the 16-18 category, while Anjali Benny Devadasan and Yu Gu of team Treeva, both 22, placed first in the 18-25 category.

Both teams were awarded £10,000, alongside an additional three months of Samsung mentoring and support, to further their ideas.

Team Optimum’s winning submission was a mobile app that uses AI to schedule when smart devices need to use their energy. When scheduled, the app also helps ensure the energy is from renewable sources, helping to phase out fossil fuels on a wider scale.

Treeva has created a windmill style device that can generate energy from passing vehicles on roads to provide affordable, reliable power and help create safe net zero transport systems.

Samsung said that this year’s programme focused on themes of education, health and wellbeing, equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI), and sustainability. Originally judged by a panel of Samsung colleagues and tech-for-good founders, nearly 600 applicants from across the country were whittled down to a shortlist of 24 teams in January.