The schoolgirls who visited IBM's development lab.
A MURDER mystery, computer games and a virtual robot should be enough to keep the interest of most youngsters.
IBM certainly think so, as they laid on a programme of events designed to encourage schoolgirls to continue studying science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM), with a view to considering careers in IT.
Around 100 girls, aged 12 to 13, from schools across Hampshire, attended the sessions at IBM’s development lab in Hursley.
Split into teams so that no two girls from the same school worked together, the girls designed and marketed a brand new product in the field of data analytics, before presenting their idea to a panel of judges comprising IBM executives and Master Inventors.
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