The in-person stage of the National Technology Olympiad (NTO) has concluded at the L.S. Vygotsky Pedagogical Technopark "Quantorium" at MSUPE – and a segment about our final even aired on NTV.

School students from various Russian cities and other countries came to us – 36 participants in total. Over five days, the participants worked in individual subject-based and team engineering formats: they assigned roles, assembled prototypes, wrote code, tested hypotheses, and defended their results before experts.

This year, the participants tackled a challenge at the intersection of neurotechnologies and cognitive sciences: they created a device reminiscent of a "sorting hat" – a system with sensors that reads brain signals and helps assess fatigue, concentration, and attentiveness. All without "magic": the participants themselves assembled and tested the equipment, and then trained the program to analyze the data. Such solutions are potentially applicable not only in medicine but also, for example, in transportation – for monitoring driver readiness before a shift.

The most important thing was the atmosphere: lots of hands-on practice, strong teamwork, mutual support, and real engineering skill-building. We congratulate the winners and prize-winners, and we thank all participants for their character, ideas, and drive!