The James Dyson Foundation is dedicated to empowering young people to think differently, make mistakes, invent and realize their potential in engineering. As every year, this foundation gives young designers and engineers the opportunity to carry out and commercialize their products, through the James Dyson Awards.
The James Dyson Award wants to recognize the talent of young designers. Each design is valued on its merit, rather than its origin or designer. If you are or have been a design or engineering student and have a project that provides solutions, this is a great opportunity to participate. This event consists of 3 award categories: National Winners, International Finalists and International Winner. The latter receives a prize of 33000 euros for the designer and 5000 euros for the university where you have studied.
What should a good project have?
Designs must be viable. Projects must have a practical purpose and a real benefit to the end user. The fundamental idea is that it has been designed with your sustainability.
International winner 2017
The 2017 international winner was the project The skin. Carried out by a group of Medicine and Bioengineering students from McCaster University (Canada). The sKan, is a smart device that could save lives around the world. It allows to detect melanoma that causes skin cancer, in a simple and accessible way. The design presents a viable solution that speeds up the diagnostic process. It was chosen by James Dyson himself.
The Eco-Friendly Faucet is one of the designs presented and a finalist. This design is a tap that reduces the amount of water used by up to 95%, in the same time as a conventional tap. The designer experimented with an empty deodorant can and a water compressor. This is how he managed to clean his bike with just 100 ml of water.
Due to the scarcity of water around the world, a water saving invention is in dire need. This design makes that possible with the atomization of the water. The process is based on breaking down a continuous flow of water into small drops, traveling at high speed.
If you meet the requirements, don't wait to launch yourself and your teammates to a new project and who knows, win it.