James Dyson Awards

The 2023 James Dyson Award global winners have been announced. The prizes have gone to three different student teams, each of which offers novel solutions to modern issues including global warming and providing care in war and disaster zones.

Dubbed SunUp, the solar backpack device was designed in collaboration with The North Face and features a 15-W solar panel that's capable of fully charging a 4,000-mAh battery within 12 hours.

The O-Wind Turbine has taken out the UK£30,000 (US$39,000) first prize in this year's James Dyson Awards. This crooked, vented spherical device is designed to hang from skyscraper balconies and generate electricity in the chaotic wind conditions of a high-rise metropolis.

The finalists for this year’s James Dyson Award offer an exciting array of clever design solutions. Some of the highlights include biodegradable plastic made from potato starch and prefabricated ant nests designed to help rural communities easily harvest insects for food.​

The Macaron​ is a clever measuring tape dreamt up by students from the Queensland University of Technology. Described as a universal smart tape measure, it was inspired by one of the team members who is vision impaired and struck some difficulties renovating his house.

TipTapTop teaches kids how to wash their hands in a hygienic manner, without wasting water - and trying to make it as fun as possible. The 3D-printed TipTapTop might end up being an incredibly annoying thing to have in your bathroom, but the way it goes about its job is quite clever.

A US team from the University of Pennsylvania has taken out the 2013 James Dyson Award with the Titan Arm, an upper body exoskeleton that augments human strength. The team will receive the £30,000 (US$48,260) first prize, with an additional £10,000 (US$16,100) for their university.

This year, James Dyson has 20 finalists from which to select the 2013 James Dyson Award winner. And like previous years, it looks like being no easy task. Here are the entries still in the running for the first place prize that has been upped to £30,000 (US$48,500) for 2013.

The AirGo concept aims to make seats less expensive, easier to maintain and as comfortable as those up in First Class.

Dan Watson has taken out the 2012 James Dyson Award with his SafetyNet system that lets juvenile and non-target fish escape commercial fishing nets.

We take a look at the 15 projects still in the running to claim a slice of the £20,000+ (US$32,385+) prize pool up for grabs in the 2012 James Dyson Award.

Australian student Kieran John's entry in the 2012 John Dyson Awards is the Crawl, a pneumatically powered motorized platform designed to improve the efficiency of power line installation and servicing.