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 The 2012 James Dyson Award is now inviting applications from inventive young designers and engineers, hailing from 18 countries, including Ireland. And the brief? You’ve got to develop a problem-solving invention.
The ultimate winner will receive stg£10,000 to develop his or her invention and an additional stg£10,000 will go to his or her university department.
Two international runners-up get stg£2,000 each, while national winners get £1,000 each. There are also nine national finalists from each country.
The awards are open to any university-level student of product design, industrial design or engineering (or graduate within four years of graduation), who is studying, or who has studied, in Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Ireland, Japan, Malaysia, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Russia, Singapore, Spain, Switzerland, UK and the US.
To give you a flavour of the type of inventions that have won in the past, last year 23-year-old Chris Murphy won Best of Irish in the 2011 James Dyson Award for his 'Open Pool Transfer invention, which aims to help swimmers with limited mobility. Ronan Leahy from Croom in Co Limerick made the top 15 global shortlist in the 2011 James Dyson Award for his invention 'MediMover', a device to aid in the transfer of patients from hospital beds to other beds, trolleys or surgical tables.
Entrants can apply for the 2012 awards by submitting submit footage, images and sketches to Jamesdysonaward.org, along with stories detailing their design process and inspiration.
The entries will be scrutinised by judges around the world and Dyson engineers before James Dyson announces the international winner on the 8th November 2012.
Image Caption:University of Limerick graduates Chris Murphy and Ronan Leahy. Murphy won Best of Irish in the 2011 James Dyson Award for his 'Open Pool Transfer' invention. Leahy made the top 15 global shortlist in the 2011 James Dyson Award for his invention 'MediMover' Article and image courtesy of Siliconrepublic.com
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