Chester pupils' innovative idea could win school £20,000
A TEAM of students at Blacon High School, Chester, have beaten hundreds of young people from across the UK to make it to the finals of a technology contest. Their collaborative effort has ensured the school is now in the final of the Amazon Longitude Explorer Prize – a £20,000 ‘tech-for-good’ prize for young people. AroundtheCrowd, dreamt up by the pupils, is an app that uses user feedback and sensors tracing footfall to provide real-time information on the crowdedness of local areas, enabling people can make an informed decision on when to visit. The Amazon Longitude Explorer ...
Source: chesterstandard.co.uk