Our last week of the Term 2 has started, and with it the 2025–26 cohort is getting ready to submit their final assessments. First in line is Group Prototyping and Pitch. Working in six groups, the students have been prototyping and developing their ideas in response to the brief Across the Miles.
They have been applying the technical skills learned in the Term 1, and extending them through lectures and workshops on group collaboration, prototyping techniques, PCB design, and including an insightful session from John Nussey (Onn Studio), and through video production support from our colleagues in BA Media (big thanks to Gyorgy Beck, Ardeshir Abdolrahimi and Robin Billingham).
It is been great to see how their ideas have evolved week after week. The way the cohort responded to the theme ranged widely: from connected butterflies that use proximity sensors to detect movement and express presence through kinetic motion, to a connected piano designed to help people feel, see, and learn music together. Other groups explored devices that connect people across the miles through mood‑sharing interactions, or reimagined traditional practices, such as the tea ceremony, to bring families and friends together in a shared moment of calm amid a busy day. We also saw projects engaging with sport and wellbeing, including a device that supports cyclists and allows them to connect in case of emergency, as well as a boxing‑inspired training system.
The individual dissertation projects are also beginning to take shape, and if you are interested in seeing the results, please save 16 July 2026 in your calendar for the opening exhibition at UCL Marshgate. Work from previous years can be viewed on our CE Digital Showroom exhibition website.
