A total of 1,502 students and teachers from high schools and grammar schools across the Czech Republic participated in this year’s competition. After a rigorous selection process, 27 teams made it to the finals, where they presented their projects to a panel of experts in Prague. However, the competition was not just about the presentation—during the day, students consulted with mentors from the fields of artificial intelligence, electromobility, cybersecurity, chip manufacturing, and construction to further develop their ideas.
“Technical education today means the ability to solve real-world problems. It is precisely young people with these skills who will determine how we handle the challenges of the future,” says competition organizer Tadeáš Salaba.
The winning team—comprising Ondřej Konrád, Marek Blažek, and Adam Pícha from the Smíchov Technical High School and Gymnasium—impressed the jury with a solution that takes traditional triage medicine a step further. Their wristband not only identifies who needs immediate help but, thanks to continuous data monitoring, can also alert staff to patients whose condition is about to deteriorate. In situations involving dozens of injured people, this can make a crucial difference between chaos and effectively managed care.
Second place went to the "Moving Climate" project by students Jakub Novák and Štěpán Kašpar from František Palacký High School in Neratovice, which helps cities better plan construction and green spaces based on precise thermal data collected directly on the streets. Simple devices mounted, for example, on trams continuously map the urban climate without the limitations typical of satellite imagery.
Third place went to a team from the Secondary Industrial School and Higher Vocational School in Liberec—comprising Radomír Mendřický, Tomáš Viktor Kubíček, and Jan Kočnar—with an app focused on digital wellbeing that, rather than imposing bans, gradually reduces the appeal of social media content and helps users reclaim their time and attention.
The General Partner Award went to the SYMBIONT “AXIS SMH” project by students from Arabská High School—Jana Hlavnička, Matouš Tlamka, and Serhii Khudanych—which connects companies and enables the efficient use of industrial surpluses, such as waste heat. Using data and sensors, it seeks opportunities where companies currently operate in isolation and delivers solutions with the potential for real economic and environmental impact.
The general partner of the project is Škoda Auto a.s. The event partner is ON Semiconductor Czech Republic, s.r.o., and the technical advisors are ČEZ Group, GasNet, Next Generation Security Solutions s.r.o., ŘSD s.p., OHLA ŽS a.s., STRABAG a.s., HOCHTIEF a.s., and Wienerberger s.r.o. The Technology Olympics project is organized in cooperation with the Faculty of Electrical Engineering at the Czech Technical University in Prague, under the auspices of the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports and the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Czech Republic. The media partners are Ámos vision and Wired.
Translated with Deepl.com