HAMDEN-- Students at a high school in Hamden are at it again.
They were just named the state winners in a technology contest held by Samsung.
A team of four students at ESUMS -- the Engineering and Science Magnet School -- is creating an app to help disabled people arrange for public transportation. After winning first place in Connecticut in the "Samsung Solve for Tomorrow Challenge," the teen team was awarded $20,000 in technology toys for their school. ESUMS is part of the New Haven Public school system, but temporarily located in Hamden until they move to their new campus being built in New Haven
"They had to come up with and issue in their local community and try to solve it using technology," said Melissa Manzione, a technology teacher at ESUMS.
The app is called MT4D, which stands for Mobile Transportation for Disabilities.
"It's an application that helps people with disabilities transport from one place to another, " said STEM team member Mikayla Osumah, a New Haven resident.
Osumah, along with fellow classmates Tiana Walker, Bethany Turnage and Avron Young, will now head to the regional round of the competition. The top prize is $120,000.
Osumah added, "We really want to give back and see something happen in our community."