Meet the finalists of The Big Bang Competition! We'd like to say a huge thank you to everyone who took part in The Big Bang Competition 2024/25.
We were extremely impressed by the creativity and innovation shown to solve real-world projects shown by all the young people who participated.
Make sure to check back soon and meet our winners after our Award Ceremony at The Big Bang Fair at the NEC on 17 June!
Meet the finalist schools and check out the projects:
The Big Bang Competition Finalists 2025
Accessibility and inclusivity
- A 3D Printed Rocket System for Education, The WREN School
- Autopill, Greenhead College
- Braille Vision, Tapton School
- Communication enabled for the disabled, Invicta Grammar School
- Creating a product to aid children with learning difficulties, Queen Elizabeth's School, Barnet
- Dyslexia: helping children read and spell, Invicta Grammar School
- Motorised mobility glove, Caroline Chisholm School
- NavigateAssist - An AI-Powered App for Visually Impaired Individuals, Community group
- Roboticoat, Bow School
- The Gesture Mouse, New College Pontefract
- Thrive Transfer Aid, WMG Academy for Young Engineers (Solihull)
AI and Smart technology
- 3D Clothing Printer tailoring an inclusive future for all, Reading School
- AI powered exoskeleton for sport injuries, Queen Elizabeth's School, Barnet
- AI Thermal Imaging Camera to Alter Car Headlights, North Bromsgrove High School
- AI-driven cancer diagnosis: testing image analysis software, Freman College
- AI-Powered Smart Moving Library: RFID & NLP-Based Automated Book Borrowing System, Queen Elizabeth Grammar School Penrith
- Bloom AI, Simon Balle All-Through School
- Dr.Bob the AI Medibot, Queen Elizabeth's School, Barnet
- FarmGPT: AI-Powered Crop Health Monitoring for High-Yield and Sustainable Farming, Dartford Grammar School
- How Predicative AI can save the oceans, The Thomas Hardye School
- ThermoAI, Peter Symonds College
- Interactive dictionary for learning sign languages using computer vision and open databases, St Joseph's Boys' School, Creggan
- Now You See Me Too, Madras College
- Quantum Rescue, Tiffin School
- Sign Speak, The King's (The Cathedral) School
- Smart Station, Sutton Grammar School
- StaySafe, Stretford High School
- Tr(AI)nergy, The Judd School
- Trace-Point, Caldicot Comprehensive School
- Urban Farming Transformation with AI-Powered Sustainable Vertical Greenhouses, Dartford Grammar School
- Vocal Biomarker Monitoring for Mental Health, The King's (The Cathedral) School
- ZIPSYNC, Saint Joan of Arc Catholic School
Computer science, robotics and electronics
- A Raspberry Pi display to aid Alzheimer’s, Invicta Grammar School
- Automated tennis ball collection system, William Farr CofE Comprehensive School
- Crash Shield (Car crash preventer), Queen Elizabeth's Girls' School
- Electricity generation through Walking, St Colman's College - Newry
- Exploring Aerodynamics Kit, Queen Elizabeth's School, Barnet
- Growth Guardian, Eden Boys' School, Preston
- Handheld Micro Computer, Avanti House School
- Icarus, Queen Elizabeth's School, Barnet
- OMAA-Bot (Odometry Mapping Automatic Agri-Bot), Coleg Cambria
- Quantum Karate, Invicta Grammar School
- School event lighting system, Queen Elizabeth Grammar School Penrith
Health, medicine and wellbeing
- ATS (Able to Speak), Invicta Grammar School
- Baby Pillow, Queen Elizabeth's Girls' School
- Batting Training Rack, Queen Elizabeth's School, Barnet
- BioSense, Beauchamp City Sixth Form
- Boxing Buddy, Queen Elizabeth's School, Barnet
- Can magnetic signals provided by the vascular system help detect vital signs?, Ark Elvin Academy
- CryoBrace - Cool Support, Strong Recovery, Queen Elizabeth's School, Barnet
- Device to aid Mutism and Deafness, Invicta Grammar School
- EasyPill - Automated Pill Dispenser, Queen Elizabeth's School, Barnet
- Fruits Richer in Antioxidants, St Roch's Secondary School
- Gluco IRis - A Non-Invasive Glucometer, The Tiffin Girls' School
- Hand-held Air Quality Monitor For Asthma Patients, St Olave's and St Saviour's Grammar School
- Health Hub, Chelmsford County High School for Girls
- In Silico Characterization of a Novel Clusterfullerene-Fab Conjugate for Selective Theranostics, Runshaw College
- Investigating antimicrobial resistance in bacteria in my home, King Edward VI Grammar School, Chelmsford
- Investigating the photocatalysis and antimicrobial ability of titanium dioxide using UVA, UVB and UVC, St Mary's College, Londonderry
- Mental Health in Agriculture, St Ciaran's College
- Novel Deep Learning X-Ray Tool For Multi-Regional Osteoporosis Diagnosis. Queen Elizabeth's School, Barnet
- Physiological Responses To Running And Cycling Within Extreme Heat Conditions, Vyners School
- SereniWrap: Medical baby blanket, Northampton School for Girls
- Sounds of slumber: The hidden power of waves for a restful night, Queen Elizabeth's Girls' School
- Synthesis, Purification, and Characterization of PEGylated Liposomes for Intranasal mRNA Delivery, Community group
- The Epigenetic Memory of Fat Cells Modelled by Yeast, Pate's Grammar School
- The Invalidation of Emotion Through Toxic Positivity and Its Long-Term Effect on Mental Wellbeing, St Dominic's High School, Belfast
- Using phages to combat AMR forming, Invicta Grammar School
Materials and textiles
- Bioplastics, Liverpool Life Sciences UTC
- Bottle Top Safety, Alleyne's Academy
- Cool Comfort, Liverpool Life Sciences UTC
- Could a sustainable material ever truly replace plastic? Invicta Grammar School
- How does temperature affect the behaviour of magnets? Woodford County High School
- Investigating Hygroscopic Material Alternatives to Silica, The King's (The Cathedral) School
- Making Formula One helmets more sustainable, Invicta Grammar School
- Multi-Table, Queen Elizabeth's School, Barnet
- Rain Root, Prendergast Ladywell School
Sustainability and environment
- A device to reduce animal-vehicle collisions, Invicta Grammar School
- A Theme Park for the Future, St Aidan's High School
- Aerate: If Clean Air Was a Breath Away, Park View School
- Buoyancity, Newport Girls' High School Academy
- Can Plants adapt to polluted environments? Woolwich Polytechnic School
- Cleaning Oil Spills with Nanotech, Invicta Grammar School
- Daily Drone Data, Alleyne's Academy
- EcoFilter, Kingswood Academy
- Firestorm Protector, Home educator
- Food in Floods, Queen Elizabeth's Girls' School
- Homemade Piezo Electric Generator, St Olave's and St Saviour's Grammar School
- HydroSpark, Queen Elizabeth's Girls' School
- Investigating the reclaiming of lithium and other materials from used batteries (in vapes) part II, St Mary's College, Londonderry
- Mulberry London Dock Roof Garden! Mulberry Academy London Dock
- Mycelium mushrooms and their potential to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from landfills, Queen Elizabeth's School, Barnet
- Nanoaquatica, St John's Catholic Comprehensive
- Off-Grid Smart Irrigation System, Wren Academy Finchley
- Piezoelectric Pressure Plates, Invicta Grammar School
- Project Aerion, Hinchley Wood School
- Project Step, Altrincham Grammar School for Boys
- Self-Sufficient Caravan, Barton Peveril Sixth Form College
- Smart Bin, King Edward VI Grammar School, Chelmsford
- SmartSort, Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg Bro Edern
- SustainaBlue, Home educator
- The Hurrabine, Cranbrook School
- Tree Generator, The Thomas Hardye School
- Tsunami Saviours, Derby Moor Spencer Academy
- Using biochar to absorb phosphates to help reduce blue-green algae in Lough Neagh, St Colman's College
- Utilising Semiochemicals from Soil Microbes for Insect Pest Management, Roundwood Park School
- What is the most effective and efficient way to separate oil and water? Woodford County High School