Samsung UK Reveals Final Ten Shortlist For Annual Solve For Tomorrow Competition
LONDON, U.K. – May 06, 2025 – Samsung Electronics UK announced the final 10 teams shortlisted for their annual tech for good competition, Samsung Solve for Tomorrow. Now in its fifth year, the initiative is designed to empower young people, regardless of their background, by encouraging them to submit tech-for-good solutions that benefit society by addressing real-world issues.
Solve for Tomorrow is free to enter, and open to all young people aged 16-25 across the UK and Ireland. 508 applicants submitted ideas to this year’s competition before the deadline on 12th January, and 49 teams were then shortlisted to take part in expert-led workshops and Samsung mentoring. For the first time this year, all 100 young people shortlisted also received a Samsung Galaxy Tab to support them through their workshops.
Participants took part in five weeks of design thinking, market research & prototyping workshops alongside 1-2-1 Samsung mentorship, to help develop their design concepts ready for re-submission in April.
Commenting on her experience as a Samsung Mentor, Jessica Diniz, Senior Manager at Samsung Design Europe, said: “It’s so inspiring to work with young entrepreneurs and creatives, whose ideas will fuel technological possibilities for a more equitable world in the next era of AI. Their highly progressive ideas and high-quality design output bring fresh perspectives on the power of STEM, Innovation and Design to pioneer positive change.”
To decide which teams would make it through to the final stages of the competition, our panel of Samsung and industry experts closely reviewed participants’ submissions, whittling down the shortlist to just 10 final teams across both age categories (16-18 and 18-25).
Charlotte Heard, Managing Director at Mettle Studios, was part of the judging panel for this year’s 18-25 category and commented on our finalists:“It was such a joy to be immersed in the ideas that felt truly innovative and aimed to solve some of society’s biggest challenges. I can’t wait to see what the winning candidates go on to achieve – we’re so lucky to have a platform like Samsung Solve for Tomorrow to support the change makers of the future.”
The final 10 have now made it through to the ultimate phase of the competition, where they will pitch their idea to another panel of Samsung & industry experts, to be in with the chance of winning a £10,000 cash prize, Samsung tech and further mentoring to help them make their idea a reality.
The winners and runners up for each age category (16-18 and 18-25) will be announced following the awards ceremony in July.
To find out more about our Solve for Tomorrow Competition, please visit: https://www.samsung.com/uk/solvefortomorrow/
| Team | Age Category | Theme | The Idea |
| 1 | 16-18 | Healthcare | Sanoband pairs with your smartwatch to detect alcohol cravings and offer personalised interventions to prevent relapse and support long-term recovery. |
| 2 | 16-18 | Healthcare | CycleSense is a unique period tracker: a device measuring the concentration of progesterone in users’ saliva to accurately predict the start of their next menstrual cycle. |
| 3 | 16-18 | Healthcare | DexTec is a smart assistive glove that works by replacing the lost dexterity within users who suffer from the effects of having immobile hands. |
| 4 | 16-18 | Education | WormNote is a study companion app designed for students, offering intelligent and tailored support throughout their learning journey. |
| 5 | 16-18 | Equity, Diversity & Inclusion | SproutBot is a gardening companion empowering individuals who suffer from mobility issues to garden independently by automating the more demanding tasks. |
| 6 | 18-25 | Healthcare | HeartAware is an AI-powered tool that uses your phone to detect heart risks – built for communities left out of the system. |
| 7 | 18-25 | Equity, Diversity & Inclusion | Trippl is a mobile platform that lets women plan and share rides by matching them with verified, compatible co‑riders to make late‑night travel safer and more affordable.
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| 8 | 18-25 | Healthcare | Zera is a discreet thermoelectric device, with corresponding AI app, to ease hot flushes, track symptoms, and foster a community to empower women experiencing menopausal symptoms. |
| 9 | 18-25 | Healthcare | Lea is an AI-driven breast health app that syncs with wearables to guide self-exams, track changes, and generate clinician-ready reports. |
| 10 | 18-25 | Equity, Diversity & Inclusion | Athena is a haptic collar that syncs with any audio to translate music into tailored vibrations and bone‑conduction feedback, letting D/deaf users feel melody, rhythm, and emotion. |
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