Former Bedford School pupil Edward Noel and three teammates from Exeter University are set to compete against 
teams from around the world with their new mobile entertainment app.
The app, which allows you to synchronise your music with every mobile device in the room using bluetooth for a full stereo experience without the need for external speakers, was developed when the team took part in a “hackathon” run by Setsquared, a partnership of British universities which supports students’ business ideas.
Edward, who is now in his second year of a mechanical engineering degree at Exeter University, said: “We only had 48 hours and we were desperate for a winning idea. It was two o’clock in the morning and we were listening to music, but it wasn’t loud enough.
We then started trying to play all our mobile devices together and realised if we linked all our phones and laptops and used them as speakers we could have an awesome surround system amongst friends.”
Following their success in the “Hackathon”, the team took their app to the national finals of the Microsoft’s Imagine Cup in London where the latest version won them the final and secured their place in the International final in Russia in July.
Natasha Joseph from the Microsoft Imagine Cup explained’ “It was clear when they won the regional finals that they were real contenders for the top spot and their pitch presentation put them head and shoulders above the rest. I can’t wait for them to represent the UK in Russia.”
The team has also won a £10,000 grant from Creative England to help develop the app which has not yet been commercially released.
You can find out more about the team and their app, as well as keep up to date with the team’s progress on their Facebook page +