July 2017 - Longitude Explorer Prize : Longitude Explorer Prize

Longitude Explorer Prize 2017 winners announced!

By Zofia Jackiewicz on July 19, 2017

With great pleasure, we are announcing the winner and runners up of the Longitude Explorer Prize 2017!

Run by innovation foundation Nesta and supported by IBM, the Longitude Explorer Prize 2017 set out to challenge school pupils to use the …

Longitude Explorer Prize – Induction event for finalists

By Zofia Jackiewicz on May 17, 2017

On Friday 28 April, the shortlisted finalists of the Longitude Explorer Prize came together in London. The event, held at IBM’s offices, brought together over 40 secondary school students, their teachers, a Digital Catapult tech expert, Nesta staff, and a …

Congratulations to the Longitude Explorer Prize 2017 finalists!

By Zofia Jackiewicz on April 25, 2017

From a bottle monitoring your water intake to wearable device helping to communicate emotions. It is with great pleasure that we today announce the finalists of the second Longitude Explorer Prize!

The second round launched in January 2017 and called …

How has the Longitude Explorer Prize 2015 influenced the winners?

By Zofia Jackiewicz on February 14, 2017

Young tech pioneers encourage schools to sign up as Longitude Explorer Prize 2017 gets underway

The Longitude Explorer Prize, being run by innovation foundation Nesta, invites 11 to 16-year-olds in secondary schools and youth groups to work on STEM …

Prize launch: Longitude Explorer

By Zofia Jackiewicz on January 10, 2017

By 2020 there will be over 50 billion connected devices generating continuous data. The Internet of Things (IoT) has the potential to make us happier, healthier and more connected, transforming the way we live. This presents a great opportunity for …