A team of students from Exeter University, Edward Noel, Rob Parker, Alex Bochenski and Jonathan Neuman, have won $50,000  for developing an app that allows an infinite number of devices to play music simultaneously.

The app, SoundSynk,  will get its biggest test at the end of August when it will be showcased at a performance of Basement Jaxx at the Reading Festival of up to 80,000 people. So far it has worked with just 75 devices across all platforms. It works by creating an artificial mesh network which also keeps the music in harmony.

Let’s hope this is a success for such a clever idea.