Samsung Solve for Tomorrow 2022 Reaches Successful Conclusion

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The annual competition saw record number of students participating and integrating STREAM knowledge and design thinking to “Innovate for a Better Hong Kong.”

HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach – 12 March 2023 – The world’s leading technology company, Samsung Electronics H.K. Co. Ltd., today announced the 20 winning teams from the annual “Solve for Tomorrow – Innovate for a Better Hong Kong” competition. Although the competition occurred during the fifth wave of the pandemic, a record number of students participated in this year’s competition. More than 2,000 primary and secondary school students from more than 400 schools showcased their creative talent. With the ease and the relaxation of social distancing measures, all awards were given away at a prestigious physical presentation ceremony. All 20 winning teams shared cash prizes and products worth over HK$270,000.

Ying Wa Primary School won the Champion of the primary school category with “Enkindle”, a multi-dimension solution to help students relieve stress.

The Ying Wa Primary School team created the “Enkindle” to help students relieve stress. Enkindle consists of multiple parts. The mobile app analyses the user’s emotions with the device camera and the Personal Image Classifier (PIC), trained to recognise facial expressions. The app categorises the users’ emotions as happy, worrying or peaceful. Enkindle’s artificial intelligence emotional chatbot, which uses the extended function of ScSpeechRecognizer, analysed user conversations. It works with Micro-bit to control the opening and closing of an artificial flower, guiding users in breathing exercises to relax. It also plays alpha-wave stress-relieving music and sprays aromatherapy to calm emotions.

Winning teams of Samsung Solve for Tomorrow 2022 showcased their creative entries with ambition of “Innovate for a Better Hong Kong)

The interior and exterior of the “Reusable Package Box” is coated with a nano-needle antibacterial layer. The coating price is affordable, and the coating is highly viscous, thus you can use water for easy cleaning You can fold the “Reusable Package Box ” for easy storage. Recipients can also return the boxes to a collection box and scan a barcode to collect the deposit. The collection box can be connected to the cloud to inform the courier company or online store to collect the boxes promptly.

“Adhering to our purpose of ‘Together for Tomorrow. Enabling People’, the new elements added this year strengthen students’ STREAM knowledge and 4C skills (Creativity, Critical thinking, Collaboration, and Communication). We hope that all the students will continue to develop their strengths and creativity and become leaders of tomorrow. I sincerely congratulate the winning teams and hope they can improve and develop their creative projects to bring positive societal change and innovate for a better Hong Kong,” added Zhao.

Winning list (Please refer to the appendix for details of the entries):

Primary School

Category

 Champion
  • Ying Wa Primary School – Enkindle
1st Runner up
  • Yaumati Catholic Primary School (Hoi Wang Road) – COVID RAT detection device for blind people (新冠檢測無障礙裝置)
2nd Runner up
  • Po Leung Kuk Lam Man Chan English Primary School – Brain Helper (腦幫手)
Creative Idea Award
  • The Church of Christ in China Kei Wan Primary School (Aldrich Bay) – Elderly Fitness Device (長者健身裝置)
Merits

(6 teams)

  • Shanghai Alumni Primary School – Sewage detection app + boat (污水app+小船)
  • Marymount Primary School – Mask Recycling Machine “MRM”
  • Hong Kong Baptist Convention Primary School – Smart Cleaning Vehicle (智能清潔車)
  • Po Leung Kuk Dr Jimmy Wong Chi-Ho (Tin Sum Valley) – Stray Animal Detector (浪浪感應器)
  • Hong Kong Baptist Convention Primary School – Monitor Helper (班長小救星)
  • Ma On Shan Ling Liang Primary School – Water Tap Saver


Secondary School Category Champion
  • St. Stephen’s Girls’ College – Reusable Package Box (智盒惜)
1st Runner up
  • St. Teresa Secondary School – Reborn Park (載生圓宇宙)
2nd Runner up
  • Fung Kai No.1 Secondary School – Beach Cleanup AI Vehicle (沙灘清潔AI車)
Creative Idea Award
  • Ho Yu College and Primary School (Sponsored by Sik Sik Yuen – Paper We Cycle
Merits

(6 teams)

  • Po Leung Kuk Celine Ho Yam Tong College – Harvest of Courage
  • Belilios Public School – LiftBot
  • The Y.W.C.A Hioe Tjo Yoeng College – Stress Relieving Machine (吸負機)
  • Po Leung Kuk Celine Ho Yam Tong College – Medi”care”
  • SKH Li Ping Secondary School – Seawater Purification Machine (微膠獵人)
  • St. Paul’s Convent School – Care 360 (關愛360)

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About Samsung Solve for Tomorrow

Samsung Solve for Tomorrow is an annual competition that brings together the creativity and passion for new technologies of young people around the world, to solve social problems in local communities. In 2013, Samsung introduced this meaningful event to Hong Kong and inspired tens of thousands of students to come up with innovative solutions that address social issues in Hong Kong. Samsung is promoting the new educational philosophy of “STREAM4CARE”. Besides encouraging Hong Kong students to increase their knowledge of STREAM – Science, Technology, Research, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics – Samsung hopes that they can develop empathy and sense of responsibility and apply their STREAM knowledge to contribute to society. Through the competition, Samsung hopes to cultivate the thought leaders of tomorrow, equipping them with both technological knowledge and the sense of responsibility of a global citizen. To learn more about Samsung Solve for Tomorrow, please visit:
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About Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
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