James Dyson Award

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Not to be confused with Dyson Award.

The James Dyson Award is an international student design award, organised and run by the James Dyson Foundation charitable trust. The contest is open to university level students (or recent graduates) in the fields of product design, industrial design and engineering, who "design something that solves a problem".[1]

The students must have studied in one of the following countries: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Russia, Singapore, Spain, Switzerland, UK and USA.

Nine national winners are chosen from each country. Dyson selects an international winner for the overall prize. Previous winners have included Michael Chen, winner of the James Dyson Award 2008, who designed the 'Reactiv' cycling jacket. The winning student or team of students receives a £10,000 prize, £10,000 for their university, a trophy, and a certificate.

[edit] Winners

International winners
  • 2007 Maxi Pantel (Germany) for the Senjo, an electronic device for the deaf to communicate with the hearing.[2]
  • 2008 Micheal Chen () for the Reactiv, a self-inflating motorcycle safety jacket.
  • 2009 Yusuf Muhammad and Paul Thomas (England) for Automist, a kitchen-faucet sprinkler system that controls residential fires.[3][4][5]
  • 2010 Samuel Adeloju (Australia) for Longreach, water floating device for saving victims in water.[6][7][8]
  • 2011 Edward Linacre (Australia) for Airdrop, extracts water from the air and delivers it directly to plant roots through a network of subterranean piping.[9][10][11][12][13][14]
  • 2012 Dan Watson (England) for SafetyNet, a new commercial fishing net to allow smaller and unwanted fish to escape.[15][16][17]

[edit] References

  1. ^ http://www.jamesdysonaward.org/Prize.aspx
  2. ^ "James Dyson Design Award 2007". italiandesign360.com. July 2007. Retrieved November 08, 2012. 
  3. ^ Cliff Kuang (September 9, 2009). "The Automist Wins 2009 James Dyson Award". Fast Company. Retrieved November 08, 2012. 
  4. ^ Helen Walters (September 9, 2009). "And the James Dyson Award goes to... Automist, from RCA London graduates". BusinessWeek. Retrieved November 08, 2012. 
  5. ^ Richard Tyler (10 May 2012). "Sir James Dyson backs kitchen taps to save lives and launches 2010 competition". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved November 08, 2012. 
  6. ^ Charlie Sorrel (October 5, 2010). "‘Longreach’ Lifebuoy-Firing Bazooka Wins James Dyson Award". Wired magazine. Retrieved November 08, 2012. 
  7. ^ James Hurley (5 October 2010). ""Buoyancy bazooka" wins James Dyson award". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved November 08, 2012. 
  8. ^ Chris Shiny (October 5, 2010). "Longreach's livesaving buoyancy aid wins James Dyson innovation award". Tech Digest. Retrieved November 08, 2012. 
  9. ^ Clay Dillow (November 8, 2011). "Airdrop, Which Harvests Moisture Directly From Desert Air, Wins James Dyson Award". Popular Science. Retrieved November 08, 2012. 
  10. ^ My Green Australia (November 16, 2011). "Aussie wins the James Dyson Award with AIRDROP". International Business Times. Retrieved November 08, 2012. 
  11. ^ Daily Mail Reporter (8 November 2011). "Australian designer wins £10,000 James Dyson award by pulling water out of thin air". Daily Mail. Retrieved November 08, 2012. 
  12. ^ James Hurley (27 Jul 2012). "Dyson’s pick of inventors take on the world". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved November 08, 2012. 
  13. ^ Ian Tucker (19 November 2011). "Edward Linacre: it's possible to get water from thin air". The Guardian. Retrieved November 08, 2012. 
  14. ^ Katie Scott (8 November 2011). "Airdrop water harvester wins 2011 James Dyson Award". Wired magazine. Retrieved November 08, 2012. 
  15. ^ Rebecca Smithers (8 November 2012). "'Humane' fishing net wins Dyson award". The Guardian. Retrieved November 08, 2012. 
  16. ^ Bob Yirka (August 31. 2012). "High-Tech fishing net finalist for Dyson Award". Phys.org. Retrieved November 08, 2012. 
  17. ^ Liat Clark (30 August 12). "Fish-saving SafetyNet design wins the UK James Dyson award". Wired magazine. Retrieved November 08, 2012. 

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