The James Dyson Award 2011 has opened for entries with a call from the man himself for inventive ideas that take on every day frustrations. James Dyson says: “We want entrants to put faith in frustrations and solve the problems that cause them. We’re looking for people who rather than accept a problem and make do, design a simple and effective solution.”
This years James Dyson Award competition runs until August 2 2011 and is open to university level students of product design, industrial design and engineering. The winner will receive £10,000 to develop their invention and £10,000 for their university. Read on to be inspired by previous James Dyson Award winners and to hear from James Dyson himself…
Tech has been dominated by some pretty heavyweight players in 2009. And you can bet that come 2010 the people behind out beloved gadgets will be dominating the headlines once again. So here’s our line up of this year’s top ten tech personalities and ten more to watch out for in 2010.