University of Hong Kong students invent self-sanitising door handle
University of Hong Kong graduates Sum Ming Wong and Kin Pong Li have designed a door handle that uses light to constantly sterilise itself. More
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Fish scale bioplastic wins UK James Dyson Award for student design
University of Sussex graduate Lucy Hughes used fish waste to create MarinaTex, a compostable alternative to single-use plastic that has won her this year's UK James Dyson Award. More
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Urban wind turbine wins 2018 James Dyson Awards grand prize
The "ingenious" O-Wind Turbine designed by UK students Nicolas Orellana and Yaseen Noorani is the winner of the international James Dyson Awards. More
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Terra alarm alerts people before an earthquake hits
Students from Sweden's Umeå Institute of Design have created a minimal, low-cost earthquake alarm that is also a source of calm during non-destructive incidents. More
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Night Loo is a safe portable toilet for women in refugee camps
American designer Anna Meddaugh has created a personal urinal that women in refugee camps can use in shelters at night to avoid the threat of sexual violence outside. More
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Pin-free Mi Plug project reimagines power outlets for the 21st century
Northumbria University design graduate Will de Brett has redesigned the everyday electrical plug, making it pin-less and stackable to accommodate numerous devices. More
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Bermuda is a pop-up seawater purifier that uses light to remove salt
Mexican designer Marco Antonio Barba Sánchez has won a James Dyson Award for inventing a low-cost seawater purifier, for castaways and people without access to drinking water. More
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O-Wind Turbine captures energy even in the middle of dense cities
An omnidirectional wind turbine that works in the middle of big cities, which could "take urban energy harvesting to another level", is the UK's James Dyson Award winner for 2018. More
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Device that detects skin cancer wins James Dyson Award 2017
A group of Canadian engineering students have been named the winners of this year's James Dyson Award, for their device that detects skin cancer without the need for a biopsy. More
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Expandable kids' clothing wins James Dyson Award for best student invention in the UK
Royal College of Art graduate Ryan Mario Yasin has won the UK edition of the James Dyson Award, with his line of children's clothing designed to grow with their wearer. More
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Foldable paper cycling helmet wins James Dyson Award
A recyclable, collapsible helmet that could be sold at bike-share stations has been named this year's winner of the James Dyson Award. More
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Laptop-sized Voltera V-One circuit-board printer wins 2015 Dyson Award
A portable circuit-board printer that could dramatically reduce prototyping and production time for designers has been awarded the 2015 international James Dyson Award. More
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3D-printed robotic hand wins 2015 UK James Dyson Award
A 3D-printed bionic hand designed by prosthetics startup Open Bionics is the recipient of the 2015 UK James Dyson Award for design engineering innovation. More
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Bruise suit shows para-athletes where they are injured
A group of Royal College of Art students has developed a suit that enables athletes with sensation loss to instantly detect and assess the severity of sporting injuries. More
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"Low-cost" inflatable baby incubator could help slash number of neonatal fatalities
News: Loughborough University graduate James Roberts has won this year's James Dyson Award for a baby incubator that costs a fraction of the price of current technologies and "could save thousands of lives" in developing countries. More
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Ken Nakagaki's Comppass draws simple shapes from digital files
Design student Ken Nakagaki has adapted a traditional stationery implement to work with Computer Aided Design (CAD) software, creating a tool that enables users to replicate digital files on paper (+ movie). More
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Biodegradable fishing nets could prevent sea mammal deaths
Engineering student Alejandro Plasencia has created biodegradable fishing nets and tracking tags for fishermen to help stop aquatic mammals getting trapped in lost trawling equipment (+ movie). More
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Jack Albert Trew designs bicycle-powered centrifuge to enable blood testing in rural Africa
This low-cost centrifugal device by British designer Jack Albert Trew fits onto the wheel of a bicycle, providing a simple blood diagnosis for patients in remote parts of Africa (+ slideshow). More
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Uflex bandage snaps around a wound and inflates to stop bleeding
A pair of French product designers have created an inflatable bandage that snaps around the wrist like a slap bracelet so it can be self-administered with only one hand. More
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Miito by Nils Chudy is an energy-saving alternative to the kettle
Dutch Design Week 2014: Design Academy Eindhoven graduate Nils Chudy has devised a way to heat liquid in a cup, eliminating the wasted energy associated with boiling excess water in a kettle (+ movie). More
