2024 Winners
Well done to our 2024 Samsung Solve for Tomorrow Winners – Gabriel Anthony & Logan Gardiner!
A massive congratulations to Gabriel Anthony from Wellington and Logan Gardiner from Christchurch for being awarded first-place winners in their respective age group categories for Samsung Solve for Tomorrow 2024.
The judges were blown away by the creativity and ingenuity shown this year, especially Gabriel’s invention of ‘Pill-Bot’ and Logan’s invention of ‘Enviro-Saver’.
Pill-Bot
First-place in the year 7-10 category was awarded to year 8 student Gabriel Anthony from Whitby Collegiate in Wellington, who designed an AI medication identifier for the visually impaired inspired by his grandmother.
“We were so impressed by Gabriel’s project! His grandmother has accidentally given herself the wrong medication before, so Gabriel’s project was created to stop it happening again. He’s trained an AI bot to recognise different pill types, and then verbally speak each name to avoid confusion. He refined the concept by consulting stakeholders and going through experimentation and testing. This is a great example of harnessing STEAM to make a positive change, and how great ideas come from considering the needs of our communities,” says judge Dr Siouxsie Wiles.
Enviro-Saver
Year 11 student Logan Gardiner from Burnside High School was awarded first-place in the year 11-13 category. Logan developed Enviro-Saver, a contraption to clean rubbish, leaves and other pollutants from his local Christchurch waterways.
“Logan’s entry stood out to us because he showed advanced, out-of-the-box thinking and used all elements of STEAM theories to design a solution. Enviro-Saver can sit in any waterway and uses clever engineering to power itself off the flow of the water, whilst also catching any rubbish or pollutants. It’s an innovative way to tackle environmental management in the community and preserve our waterways, and Logan even considered how the debris is dealt with once collected,” says judge Dr Joel Rindelaub.
Also, a special acknowledgement for Carlos Tait from Howick Intermediate in Auckland and Ash Beaton from Mount Aspiring College in Wanaka. Carlos’ project ‘Scaling New Weights’ and Ash’s ‘Personalised Gear Stick’ took out the second-place spots in the year 7-10 and year 11 -13 categories respectively.
Finally, the judges awarded one highly commended award this year to Emily Huai from Northcross Intermediate School for her impressive multi-functional stretcher concept.
Congratulations to this year’s winners! We can’t wait to see what 2025 brings!
