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The independent student newspaper at the University of Illinois since 1871

The Daily Illini

The independent student newspaper at the University of Illinois since 1871

The Daily Illini

The independent student newspaper at the University of Illinois since 1871

The Daily Illini

    Search in progress for James Dyson Award

    The James Dyson Foundation has begun its search for the most inventive student to receive the 2010 James Dyson Award.

    According to a press release from Jason Bellinger, associate media specialist, the competition is for students to design problem-solving inventions and to inspire engineering’s next generation.

    The release states that the winner’s prize includes $15,000 with another $15,000 going to the student’s university department and a trip to visit a Dyson engineering facility in either the UK or Malaysia.

    Entries are being accepted through July 1 and more information can be found at www.jamesdysonaward.org.

    Previous inventions in the competition have included flat folding plugs, guide dog GPS, a paper cast used in disaster relief and the most recent was last year’s winner which was a kitchen sink attachment that detects and extinguishes fires with a fine water mist, stated the press release.

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