straitstimes.com
Mar 27, 2026
AI fridges, virtual heritage trails and carbon bricks: Students show what the next generation of solutions could look like
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Over 200 Singapore students participated in JPMorganChase's GenerationTech challenge, developing tech-driven solutions to climate change, sustainable living, and poverty. The students, divided into teams, proposed innovative ideas, including virtual reality trails to preserve heritage sites, an AI-powered app for nutritional advice, and carbon bricks produced from captured carbon dioxide. The programme aims to inspire youths in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) and grow Singapore's future talent pool.