This year's edition of the ‘Jump into the Future!’ creative idea competition, open to students in forms 7 through 10, focused on the theme of water, a resource that's already in short supply globally, given that only 1% of the Earth's total water is usable for drinking. Today, we take its availability for granted: turn on the tap, and clean drinking water flows out. But how much longer? Industry consumes vast amounts, with around 2,700 litres needed to produce a single short-sleeved T-shirt and approximately 3,000 litres required for a hamburger. 

So, what can we do to preserve water, ensure its purity, and prevent it from flooding critical areas? Ten teams offer ten distinct answers: 

Code Noir reimagined the future of the textile industry with a project featuring waterless, intelligent clothing care, transportation of used garments and packages, and innovative recycling service models.  

Team Diluvium developed the concept of Balanea, a floating green city. This self-sufficient, water-based complex offers sustainable solutions for a community of three million climate refugees. 

The Secret H2O Society presented a speculative art concept: the future city of PO-L1P. This floating settlement symbolises post-climate crisis life, where art and technology converge. 

Hydrohackers designed a small, 3D-printable device that mimics the survival strategy of the Namibian fog-basking beetle. Though small-scale, their concept proposes locally effective solutions. 

Team Bacsaók developed a solar-powered energy dome enabling distillation through focusing light. Their ‘Solar Death’ concept is both a technological and philosophical thought experiment on harnessing solar energy. 

Ütős Négyes showcased an embryo-shaped symbol, raising awareness on how environmental harm begins to affect our lives even in the foetal stage. 

Water Spiders presented an anti-fast fashion concept based on bag accessories made from waste collected from bodies of water. Their sustainable design allows customers to assemble unique bags. 

Ísbíltúr designed a future-critical product family of survival gear, reflecting on the impending future. Their project paints an eerie vision of the planet's potential fate. 

Newwave's sci-fi inspired idea is a time capsule-based portal system, designed to facilitate water flow between the past and future. The concept proposes a new approach to water scarcity. 

Akvamarin's project is a fictional research centre dedicated to water protection. Their activities extend to safeguarding marine life and curbing pollution. 

At this event centred on the future and sustainability, student teams developed radically new, visionary solutions concerning the future of water. In the competition’s second phase, they're fine-tuning their ideas.  This interdisciplinary project sees students creating prototypes and speculative narratives at the intersection of art, design, and science. The best projects will then be presented to the public as prototypes or in exhibition format on the day of the finale.