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surely with all the new technology and new materials available, there must be a better solution than this!” The result is an unbreakable
brolly that opens inside-out and looks like an upside-down umbrella. It opens over the top of people’s heads and the ribs flex with the wind. “So it won’t be pushed inside-out like a traditional umbrella,” Simon added. Furthermore, the design
means that the water is squeezed out as it’s drawn back into its carrying tube so the user doesn’t get soaked carrying it.
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FireFly–a multi-sensory fire alarmsystemuses existing wireless fire alarm/smoke alarmtechnology, monitoring all smoke detectors in the house wirelessly. It relays the information back to the user in a visual manner. This brain-child of TomEtheridge, with a BA in industrial design and technology, the product is supported by RNID.
Tanya Louise Budd became Y
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still at school,with herHypoHoist, a rapid and efficientman overboard recovery system. Tanya, with a BSc, now has her product inmass production. In 2007, SeaSafe Systems opened a new 8,000 sq ft factory to accommodate orders flowing in fromaround the world.
Graduating this summer in industrial design and technology, Christopher Harkin has come up with this rocking crib to preventmalaria which kills 3,000 children under five every day. The self-assembly cot has a mesh that is four times stronger than traditionalmosquito netting.
Final year industrial design student Natalie King seen with herTulipe,a smart plant pot which turns green if the conditions are right for the plant and red if it is too dry, too hot or too cold.
Yvonne Dalton, product design engineering BSC, designed this aid to help primary schoolteachers identify colour blindness in the classroom.
Hand sanitiserAmulet is an innovation fromgraduating Laura Hodge. It changes colour and has been given a stylish look so as to be cherished by the user.
TheLINKgear systemfromChris Holloway, industrial design BSc, is designed to change gears in a way never before seen inmountain bikes. LINKoperates around an expanding chain ring that affords multiple gear ratios, and seamless shifting, while maintaining the perfect chain-line to the rear wheel.
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Designed as single use for events marketing, theEcoChairfrom Christopher Richmond uses 100% recycled, 100%recyclable material, made with vegetable glues and printed with soya inks.
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