Hard work during the second phase of the Makeathon at Gymnasium Höchstadt (Bavaria) paid off for Jonas L., Lorenz S. and Oliver R. (all current 10^th grade). Together with their German team partners, they won the finals of the Vision-Ing21 student competition in the documentation and presentation categories with their "EvoScan" invention.

In collaboration with engineers, university student coaches and their teachers, the team constructed a prototype of a “smart” school bag that helps students organize themselves better for each school day. The EvoScan backpack receives up-to-date class schedule information from the school’s timetables’ database via a built-in minicomputer that recognizes which subject materials are needed. Varied colored lights signal whether the school bag has been packed correctly. The system is sustainably powered by solar energy and will include a port for charging a cell phone. The successfully presented prototype demonstrated that implementation of the idea has a future.