By Gillian West

EDF Energy has come under fire after a 13-year-old boy won its competition designed to make science, technology, engineering and maths (Stem) subjects more appealing to teenage girls.

The Pretty Curious programme asked children to think of ideas for a connected home bedroom product, originally aimed at girls the competition was opened up to all 11 to 16-year-olds.

According to the BBC, the decision to open the competition to both genders was made in the interest of fairness with “a couple of hundred” entries received. The winner’s idea was for a games controller which harnessed kinetic energy from the users thumb actions.

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Source: The Drum