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Tiger Cubs Trafficked from Laos Confiscated in Thailand

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After months of questioning the husband following initial suspicions, the police managed to arrest the couple red-handed and seized four baby tigers from them that were allegedly trafficked from Laos.

Taiwanese gourmet food truck in Korea!! Inviting you to enjoy nostalgic Taiwanese delicacies

TAIPEI, TAIWAN – Media OutReach – 16 November 2022 – To celebrate the reopening of Taiwan’s borders, after Tourism Bureau spokescouple Kim Jae-woo and his wife’s IG live broadcast in Shilin Night Market, the Tourism Bureau invited them to attend the Taiwanese food truck event. Those who want to enjoy complimentary bubble tea and miner’s bento can do so via SNS upload by following on-site instructions!

Tourism Bureau Taiwanese gourmet food truck activity KV

Tourism Bureau Taiwanese gourmet food truck activity KV

The food truck begins its tour from Busan on November 16th, passing through Daegu on the 17th, Gwangju on the 18th, and reaching its final destination in Seoul on the 19th & 20th. The food truck serves lunch and dinner daily, where Oh!Bear, the Tourism Bureau’s mascot, and Kim Jae-woo and his wife will also attend the function. Please refer to the Instagram account of Taiwan Tourism Bureau (https://www.instagram.com/taiwantour_kr/) for further details. This is an event that is not to be missed for travel enthusiasts and fans of Taiwan!

Taiwan resumed visa-free and quarantine-free entry on October 13th, hence travel agencies have launched promotional events and tour packages. Besides night market delicacies, numerous restaurants throughout Taiwan (Taipei, Taichung, Tainan, and Kaohsiung) have earned Michelin stars in 2022. So come to Taiwan now to savor a wide selection of gourmet food! Keep a close eye on the Instagram account of Taiwan Tourism Bureau – see you at the Taiwanese food truck!

Digital transformation imperatives drive demand for as-a-service IT in Hong Kong

Lenovo TruScale infrastructure as-a-service offerings expand in collaboration with Veeam, Nutanix and Red Hat, gaining traction with customers

HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach – 16 November 2022 – Lenovo has announced enhancements to its Lenovo TruScale portfolio, as demand grows from Hong Kong CIOs and IT leaders for the flexibility and value that as-a-service technology solutions deliver throughout the enterprise. New infrastructure offerings include backup and hybrid cloud solutions, delivered in partnership with industry leaders Veeam, Nutanix and Red Hat, will be made available worldwide in 2023.

Momentum for Lenovo TruScale offerings is growing, with the value of infrastructure-as-a-service business wins constantly growing quarter-on-quarter since FY21/22. A Lenovo 2022 global study of CIOs found that 92% of IT leaders said they would consider adding as-a-service offerings over the next two years.

Practical innovation, delivered as-a-service

Lenovo TruScale Backup as a Service with Veeam enables enterprises to manage their increasing data volumes and securely restore critical data in the event of a security breach. Based on Veeam’s backup software and platform and Lenovo ThinkSystem Servers and DE Storage Systems, this solution is incorporated into existing Lenovo TruScale data management offerings and delivered via an on-premises private cloud model, simplifying the experience for IT teams. With this new solution, customers will now be able to improve backup reliability, and increase performance and flexibility with a modular and flexible design. They can also reduce capital expenses and costs of downtime and deployment.

The other new addition is Lenovo TruScale Hybrid Cloud with Nutanix, hosted on Lenovo’s ThinkAgile HX HCI platform. Leveraging core software from Nutanix – Nutanix Acropolis AOS operating system, Nutanix Acropolis AHV Hypervisor and Nutanix Prism, the solution offers the security and control of on-premises infrastructure and the flexibility of hybrid cloud. Enterprises have the leeway to dial up or down infrastructure deployment without incurring significant capital outlay, reducing the financial burden. Unencumbered by the need to manage complex IT, companies can make quick and effective decisions, given installation, deployment, configuration, 24/7 monitoring, and incident support are handled by Lenovo.​

Lastly, Lenovo has also joined forces with Red Hat to bring to market a new hybrid cloud solution that will run on Red Hat OpenShift. Lenovo TruScale Hybrid Cloud with Red Hat will provide an enterprise-ready Kubernetes container platform hosted on Lenovo’s best in class ThinkAgile and ThinkSystem enabling an on-premises cloud experience. With this end-to-end hybrid cloud solution, enterprise customers will benefit from a fully managed as-as-service hybrid cloud for running their business applications. This consumption-based price model will enable them to step into modernizing applications and accelerating the adoption of containers in a hybrid cloud environment.

“Lenovo TruScale embodies the company’s vision and transformation to address the rising demand for New IT services, which is characterized by the interconnectedness of device, edge, cloud, network, and artificial intelligence amid a new era of flexible working and hybrid cloud,” said Dale Aultman, VP and GM of Lenovo Solutions and Services Group. “From the pocket to the data center – and everything in between – Lenovo TruScale delivers the devices, infrastructure, services and solutions our customers need with the simplicity of a scalable consumption model.”

Growing demand for IT delivered as-a-service

Demand for IT as-a-service is driven by several factors. Digital transformation in every industry requires CIOs to scale and deploy IT quickly, with 61% of CIOs saying that their business would feel an impact in as quick as a few weeks if they halted spending on digital transformation initiatives. Flexible work has become a reality, with organizations needing to maintain security and control, while speeding up deployment of devices and workstations to end users. Increasing adoption of ESG initiatives meanwhile continues to drive organizations to rethink their IT installed base.

Lenovo TruScale is a core part of the company’s overall transformation strategy, led by its Solutions and Services Group (SSG). Services is driving profitability for Lenovo as a whole, contributing 26% year-on-year revenue growth and 21.4% operating margin in Lenovo’s second quarter (July to September, 2022). Managed Services, including Lenovo TruScale Infrastructure and Device as a Service offerings were the fastest growing part of SSG’s business in the previous quarter – with revenue seeing high double-digit year-on-year growth.

Lenovo SSG brings together all of Lenovo’s IT solutions and services across PC, infrastructure, and smart verticals including support, managed, project and solution service offerings into one dedicated organization. With decades of innovation, IP, and heritage in hardware and software, SSG helps customers transform their businesses on a global and local scale by delivering practical innovation to strengthen their competitive advantage.

The new enhancements to Lenovo TruScale were announced at the company’s annual global innovation event, Tech World 2022. This year’s edition highlighted how Lenovo’s smarter technology and as-a-Service offerings are empowering organizations to boldly reinvent and shape their IT transformation to accelerate business growth.

APPENDIX: LENOVO TRUSCALE CUSTOMER REFERENCES

Examples of how enterprises are using Lenovo TruScale to meet their evolving needs include:

  • To serve an ever-growing client base, Konecta Peru selected Lenovo TruScale to host its new virtual desktop infrastructure solution. Today, the infrastructure supports 1,500 remote workers, and Konecta Peru is already having conversations to further increase its capacity as its business grows.
  • Eager to bring greater processing power and cloud resources to more users in the nation, Chinese software service enterprise Paratera deployed Lenovo TruScale to assist with the rapid expansion of their IT infrastructure. This allowed for the company to dedicate more resources to data center and digital service innovation, ensuring readiness to respond to new demands well into the future.
  • Working with Lenovo TruScale, Huzhou General Hospital designed, developed, and deployed a custom solution for chronic disease management, fully integrated with its existing hospital information and electronic medical record systems, supporting approximately 1.5 million outpatient and emergency visits per year.
  • Dealing with intense competition from ride-hailing services, taxi dispatch company Taiwan Taxi teamed up with Lenovo to integrate software, hardware, and services to fully upgrade their existing one-click taxi booking services using Lenovo tablets, all deployed on an as-a-service basis using Lenovo TruScale.
  • One of Australia’s leading telecom companies turned to Lenovo TruScale DaaS, to strengthen IT support for the company’s employees. By providing timely IT issue resolution and sound asset monitoring, this allowed for increased uptime for customer-facing staff to serve their clients’ needs.

Hashtag: #Lenovo

About Lenovo

Lenovo (HKSE: 992) (ADR: LNVGY) is a US$70 billion revenue global technology powerhouse, ranked #171 in the Fortune Global 500, employing 75,000 people around the world, and serving millions of customers every day in 180 markets. Focused on a bold vision to deliver smarter technology for all, Lenovo has built on its success as the world’s largest PC company by further expanding into key growth areas including server, storage, mobile, solutions and services. This transformation together with Lenovo’s world-changing innovation is building a more inclusive, trustworthy, and sustainable digital society for everyone, everywhere. To find out more visit ,and read about the latest news via our .

QKEx launch a new platform for its brand upgrade

VICTORIA, SEYCHELLES – Media OutReach – 16 November 2022 – Recently, QKEx, the top crypto-asset financial service platform, has recently completed a comprehensive brand upgrade and successfully set up operation centers in the United States, Canada, Russia, Australia, Estonia, Indonesia, Thailand and other countries, which will provide convenient transaction services for crypto users around the world.

As the leading provider of basic services for digital economy, QKEx platform has created a unified transaction account and transaction system, and ensured the security of users’ assets and accounts through multi-terminal coverage transaction freedom and multiple security verifications. QKEx has been endorsed by authoritative organizations in the United States, Canada, Russia and other countries, and has accepted local legal supervision and licensed operation.

To celebrate the launch of QKEx platform, QKEx simultaneously launched the “Bonus for Financial Management” activity. During the activity, users can get a reward of up to 4% of the wealth management amount in QKEx without upper limit for the reward. They can freely withdraw cash after completing related tasks.

According to its official statement, QKEx launched the “Bonus for Financial Management” activity this time to make up for the users who failed to participate in the “100,000 USDT Experience” activity before, and also to bring more financial benefits to the platform users and help the benign and healthy development of crypto assets.

“Bonus for Financial Management” is another innovative activity of QKEx Earning Coins, which includes six levels of earning coins and three different financial cycles of 14 days, 30 days and 90 days. There are two financial amount ranges in each cycle. In the same financial cycle, users’ financial amount is different, and the interest and interest rate increase ratio are the same. However, the proportion of extra bonus is different, and the larger the financial amount, the higher the proportion of extra bonus.

In different financial cycles, the more financial days users choose, the larger the financial amount, and the higher the corresponding interest, interest rate increase and bonus ratio. Among them, the 90-day financial cycle has the highest proportion of interest, interest rate increase and bonus, which are 7%, 2.5% and 4% respectively.

The activity will be held from 16:00 on November 14th to 16: 00 on December 14th. During the activity, eligible users can get cash rewards from the platform by participating in regular financial management of 14 days or more in QKEx Earning Coins section, up to 4% of the total financial management amount (USDT).

QKEx’s “Bonus for Financial Management” activity is a rare wealth management opportunity in the current bear market environment, featuring a variety of activities, high returns and free cash withdrawal. At the same time, with the launch of QKEx’s brand new brand and the establishment of its global operation center, QKEx will also bring more wealth management and transaction experiences to crypto users.

Hashtag: #QKEx

technine x SDMC was awarded the Best MarTech Team of Digiz Awards 2022

With their live streaming platform “LeOn-Live” for corporate virtual events

HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach – 16 November 2022 – Tech Nine Limited (technine) and its close partner SDMC, a marketing technology-based digital marketing agency together announce that they have won the “Digiz Awards Hong Kong 2022 – Best MarTech Team” presented by MARKETING-INTERACTIVE on November 7, with their joint solution “LeOn-Live”, a live-streaming platform for hosting corporate virtual events.

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MARKETING-INTERACTIVE is a leading and resourceful media in advertising and marketing intelligence in Asia. “We are glad that our effort is recognized by the renowned organization, also with a positive impact to the business world during the pandemic” said Lucas, MO Tsun-ming, COO of technine.

Most companies have suspended their marketing plans and physical activities in recent years, hosting virtual events is one of the common ways to maintain customer relationships and increase online exposure under the social distancing policy.

“However, some companies, especially SMEs are inexperienced in hosting online events, they need a user-friendly tool with essential features to maximize marketing effectiveness and audience engagement.” Lucas Mo continues, “Hence, our software team has developed the online platform LeOn-Live, with marketing advice from our partner SDMC to make it an efficient tool.”

LeOn-Live, the live streaming platform, provides an all-around virtual event solution to companies and events organizers. The essential features include RSVP, which provides multiple registration and login ways with guest database; eDM tools for sending confirmation and reminder emails to registrants; audience engagement tools such as Q&A, polling functions, and push notifications.

Most importantly, LeOn-Live could stream different speakers into the same online event for presentations which could help increase interactions with the participants over different geographical locations.

Event organizers can control everything with the LeOn-Live admin panel easily – get insights from peak hours with statistics, actual attendance data etc.; customize different events’ homepages and backgrounds; and even have remote access to virtual events.

“Our team always believes that technology could apply to help remedy a variety of wider challenges. Aiming to help corporates improve brand exposure and generate leads by using marketing technology to analyze user behavior.” Lucas Mo rounded up.

It was our honor to be awarded by MARKETING-INTERACTIVE. technine will continuously develop solutions that are beneficial to society. Get more information about the awards: https://technine.io/en/technine-x-sdmc-live-streaming-platform-leon-live-has-won-the-digiz-awards-hong-kong-2022-best-martech-team/

Hashtag: #DigizAwardsHongKong2022 #BestMarTechTeam #MarketingInteractive #technine #SDMC #LeOn-Live #LiveStreamingPlatform #RSVP #CRM

About technine

Founded by experienced IT experts, Tech Nine Limited (www.technine.io) is a rapidly-growing software R&D house and systems integrator backed by a team of Hong Kong developers. We help organizations develop applications – mobile apps, web-apps and cloud-based systems; design cloud server infrastructure as well as implement IoT solutions that can improve operational efficiency.

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About SDMC

SDMC (www.sdmc.com.hk) is a full-scope marketing technology-based digital marketing agency. We dissect Search Engine information and user behavior through the insight of Big Data from the digital market. We provide goal-oriented, tailor-made and sustainable optimization of online marketing solutions to all businesses and industries.

Attitude Mom, Plentitude’s Modern Breast Pumps Now Available at Parkson, Laos

Attitude Mom & Plentitude’s modern breast pumps are now available for sale at the Parkson Laos Shopping Mall.

2022 James Dyson Award Global Winners announced

  • SmartHEAL, A smart sensor for dressings which indicates how well a wound is healing by measuring its pH level, invented by students from Warsaw University of Technology, Poland
  • Polyformer, A machine that recycles plastic bottles into affordable 3D printer filament for developing nations, invented by students from McMaster University, Canada
  • Ivvy, A wearable replacement for the existing intravenous drip pole apparatus, improving comfort and mobility for patients, invented by Charlotte Blancke from the University of Antwerp, Belgium

HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach – 16 November 2022 – The James Dyson Award has given more than £1m in prize money to over 300 promising inventions from young engineers and scientists around the world. This year, Sir James Dyson has selected two global winners, each receiving £30,000, and one runner-up, receiving £5,000 in prize money, to support the next stages of their inventions.

Commenting on this year’s competition, Sir James Dyson said:

“Every year, the James Dyson Award offers proof that young people are passionate about improving the planet and solving environmental and medical problems. There are people who grandstand over the issues they care about, but these young inventors are doing something more productive. They are diligently applying themselves to problem-solving using engineering, science and ingenious design.”

The winning inventions

International winner – SmartHEAL, invented by Tomasz Raczyński, Dominik Baraniecki and Piotr Walter

The problem

When covered by a dressing, it is very hard to know how well a wound is healing. The most common mistake in wound healing is changing the dressing too often, which can lead to infections and tissue disruption.[1]

Current methods of assessing a wound rely on subjective scoring of colour, smell, temperature – or expensive laboratory biochemical tests.[2] Poor wound healing not only leads to tissue inflammation, but also necrosis (death of body tissue that is irreversible), and can lead to severe illness or death.

The Diabetes Hong Kong reported that there are currently more than 700,000 diabetes patients in the city, accounting for 10% of the overall population with the trajectory to surge to 920,000 by 2030.[3] Therefore, diabetes-triggered foot ulcers will potentially become the major chronic wounds that Hong Kong public ought to face in the long term.[4]

The solution

SmartHEAL is a precise, affordable and scalable smart pH sensor for dressings. By using Radio-Frequency Identification (RFID) communication systems and monitoring the pH of a wound, SmartHEAL can assess the wound’s condition and detect infection without removing the dressing, and therefore without disrupting the tissue.[5] Medical professionals can subsequently analyse the data and prescribe the appropriate treatment for the wound. Smart bandages create and preserve a balanced wound environment.[6]

“We’ve all nervously peeled back a dressing or plaster to see what is happening underneath. SmartHEAL, a smart dressing, has won the International James Dyson Award because it provides doctors and patients with a key piece of data – the pH level – that can tell them how a wound is healing. This can improve treatment and prevent infection, saving lives. I hope the Award will give the team impetus to proceed down the tricky path towards commercialisation.” – Sir James Dyson, Founder and Chief Engineer at Dyson.

Next steps

The team will finish testing and then start clinical trials. Their aim is to then finish the certification process in three years’ time so they can start to distribute and sell SmartHEAL dressings in 2025.

On winning the James Dyson Award International prize, the SmartHEAL team said: “We are super excited to be the International Winners of the James Dyson Award this year! This is and will be a great opportunity for us to become a part of something bigger, something that hopefully can change the world. We strive to refine our prototype, obtain a patent and pass the necessary clinical trials to commercialise SmartHEAL. We were honoured to be greeted by Sir James Dyson himself. His words: “Congratulations! You are the International winners of the James Dyson Award “still ring in our ears – we’re still in disbelief, joy and happiness!”

Facts and stats

  • It is estimated that 1 to 2 % of the population will experience a chronic wound during their lifetime in developed countries. [7]
  • The dramatic increase in the ageing population will increase these numbers as wound closure is negatively associated with age.
  • According to the service data from the Wound Care Unit across Hong Kong West Cluster, 3200 patients were served in 2015 and the number continues to grow.[8]


Sustainability winner
– Polyformer, invented by Swaleh Owais and Reiten Cheng

The problem

While working at a makerspace in Rwanda, Swaleh and Reiten learned that many locals could not use the makerspace’s 3D printers, due to the high price of importing filament to the country.[9] They also observed the lack of infrastructure to recycle plastic bottles in Rwanda.

The solution

Polyformer is a low-cost machine that turns plastic bottles into 3D printer filament. Polyformer cuts plastic bottles into long strips that are fed into an extruder. The strip is then thermoformed into 1.75mm filament, as it goes through a nozzle. The filament is passed through vents to cool the plastic before it is wrapped around a spool, ready to be inserted into a 3D printer.

The invention is targeted at developing nations due to the high price of importing 3D printer filament. With Polyformer, makers have easier access to cheap, high-quality 3D printer filament. This encourages usage of design infrastructure and career consideration in developing nations, while empowering makers to recycle their own waste and use the output productively. [10]

“By turning used plastic bottles into 3D printer filament, Polyformer helps reduce the amount of waste going to landfill and provides a cheap and plentiful material for engineers and designers, especially in developing countries. Their idea will provide new opportunities for other inventors to prototype their ideas using 3D printing.” – Sir James Dyson, Founder and Chief Engineer at Dyson.

Next steps

Currently, Swaleh and Reiten are building new Polyformers to deploy at their partner makerspaces in Rwanda and they are designing new inventions within the Polyformer project, such as the Polyjoiner, Polydryer, Polyspooler, and many more.

Polyjoiner

A standard 500ml plastic bottle can only produce 3m of filament, which is not long enough for most print jobs. Therefore, Swaleh and Reiten have developed Polyjoiner, a mechanism that can automatically join multiple strands of printer filament together into a long singular piece. Here is a brief demo: https://youtu.be/JGTlgK1d208.

Polydryer

PET is hygroscopic, which means a plastic water bottle is likely to absorb some of the water it’s filled with. The presence of water in filament negatively impacts print quality. Therefore, Swaleh and Reiten are developing Polydryer, a low-cost machine that evaporates moisture from 3D printer filament.

Polyspooler

Long strands of 3D printer filament must be wrapped around a spool. This ensures the filament does not get tangled while the printer is running. The Polyformer team are developing Polyspooler, a simple machine that automatically spools our recycled filament, thereby making the filament more practical to use.

The entire Polyformer project is 100% open-source with all CAD, code, and building instructions available on their discord: https://discord.gg/d6eYykSs. Open-source software can be beneficial for growth in developing countries due to a lower development cost, more security and better quality.[11] It supports collaboration, employment opportunities and skills development, encouraging community development and collective equity.[12]

After speaking to Sir James Dyson, Swaleh and Reiten said, “It is a great honor to be the James Dyson Award 2022 Sustainability winner. We are using the prize money to deploy several Polyformers and Polyformer-Lites at our partner makerspaces in Rwanda. With these machines, local students, designers, and makers in Rwanda will have access to low-cost 3D printer filament. This means they can use their community’s 3D printers more frequently! If you would like to build your own Polyformer, please check out our Discord: https://discord.gg/77esvRwu.”

Facts and stats

  1. In 2019, over 100 tonnes of plastic containers disposed at landfills daily in Hong Kong were plastic beverage containers, with over 90% of them made of polyethylene terephthalate (PET).[13]
  2. In 2019, landfills receive over 1.55 billion of plastic beverage containers which can fill up 2,690 double-decker buses. On average, each Hong Kong person disposes over 200 bottles per year. [14]
  3. The global 3D printing market size was valued at USD 13.84 billion in 2021 and is expected to expand at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 20.8% from 2022 to 2030.
    1. Globally, 2.2 million units of 3D printers were shipped in 2021 and the shipments are expected to reach 21.5 million units by 2030.[15]
  4. A standard roll of 1kg of filament retails for around HK$366 in local markets. [16] The same roll of 3D printer filament can be purchased in Hong Kong for just HK$196. [17] This price difference is compounded by the lower purchasing parity in Rwanda. The exorbitant cost of filament creates a high barrier of entry for Rwandans to access 3D printing services.
  5. The first major factor that influences consumer recycling behaviour in developing countries is the accessibility of recycling services, often based on the convenience of recycling collection services. [18]
  6. Consumers who have easy access to recycling are 25% more likely to recycle.[19]

International runner up – Ivvy, invented by Charlotte Blancke

The problem

Charlotte became aware that a colleague of her mother was unhappy about the uncomfortable apparatus her child was required to use for her medical treatment. The colleague mentioned that she in fact switched an intravenous pole for a coat hanger to improve her daughter’s comfort.

During Charlotte’s research, she found that at-home medical treatment is rising, but the equipment used for at-home intravenous therapies is the same as that in hospitals, despite the characteristics of a home setting being different. As more patients move to home healthcare services for recuperation or long-term care, complex medical devices are now used more frequently in the home, often under unsuitable conditions.[20]

The solution

Infusion therapy is when fluids or medication are administered through a cannula or needle at a controlled pace. [21] Ivvy replaces the current intravenous drip pole with a wearable device that provides patients with optimal mobility, an easy-to-use infusion pump, and on-board software so nurses can monitor their patients remotely.

Currently, there is a lack of feedback about intravenous treatments and existing infusion pumps have a complex interface. Charlotte has developed an infusion pump with a simplified interface and intuitive use. Nurses can easily set up the treatment at-home and patients can follow their therapy through a LED strip, display, and sound notifications.

“Being treated with an old-fashioned IV drip on a tall stand can make home seem like a hospital. Ivvy is a simple concept that could improve people’s treatment and enhance their quality of life. It shows the brilliance of simple design and I wish Charlotte every success in developing her idea towards commercialisation.” – Sir James Dyson, Founder and Chief Engineer at Dyson.

Next steps

Charlotte is working with professionals in the industry to support her with further developing Ivvy.

Fact and stats

  • The current IV pole is costly and has a complex design. There is no wireless communication between a nurse and the IV pole and the machines consume a large amount of power.[22]
  • The most common type of IV stand is the free-standing mobile pole. The primary disadvantage of this design is that it is prone to falling over. The large height and relatively small base make it unstable. [23]

NOTES TO EDITORS

The James Dyson Award forms part of a wider commitment by Sir James Dyson, to demonstrate the power of engineers to change the world. The competition has supported over 300 inventions with prize money, and is run by the James Dyson Foundation, an engineering-education charity funded by Dyson profits.

The Dyson Institute of Engineering and Technology and the Foundation’s work encourage aspiring engineers and problem solvers, to apply their knowledge and discover new ways to improve lives through technology. To date, James and the James Dyson Foundation have contributed over £140m to boundary-breaking concepts in education and other charitable causes.

This includes £12m to Imperial College London to create the Dyson School of Design Engineering, and £8m to Cambridge University to create the Dyson Centre for Engineering Design and the James Dyson Building.

At school level, the James Dyson Foundation offers robotics workshops, led by Dyson engineers, and provides free educational resources. These include its most recent launch, Engineering Solutions: Air Pollution: introducing young people to air pollution and engineering’s role in finding solutions.

The Foundation also supports medical research and the local community in Malmesbury where Dyson’s UK offices are based. Last summer, the Dyson Cancer Centre at Royal United Hospitals in Bath broke ground, and the Foundation continues to support the Race Against Dementia Dyson Fellow, Dr Claire Durrant, in accelerating finding better treatments for Alzheimer’s disease.

The Foundation has a website, Instagram, Twitter and YouTube.


Hashtag: #Dyson #JamesDysonAward

ABOUT THE INVENTORS OF SMARTHEAL

This year’s International winners are Tomasz Raczyński, Dominik Baraniecki and Piotr Walter, all current PhD students studying at Warsaw University of Technology, Poland. Tomasz is the team leader and technology expert, Piotr is the electrochemistry expert and Dominik is the electronics expert. The team came together five years ago over their shared interest in printed electronics. After multiple conversations with doctors and medics, they discovered the problem with the treatment of chronical wounds and decided to investigate this further; this is how SmartHEAL was created.

ABOUT THE INVENTORS OF POLYFORMER

This year’s Sustainability winners are Swaleh Owais (from Canada) and Reiten Cheng (from California). Swaleh is a recent engineering graduate studying in Canada at McMaster University, and Reiten is a recent industrial design graduate from ArtCenter College of Design in the USA, with a background in mechanical engineering. They met when Swaleh was waiting to board a flight and was scrolling through an online community of programmers (Discord), and he came across Reiten on the site. Swaleh worked at a 3D printing centre in Rwanda after graduating from university. He was inspired to invent Polyformer when he saw people were not able to 3D print due to the high price of importing filament into the country. Rwanda also lacks infrastructure to recycle plastic bottles, so Reiten and Swaleh had the perfect opportunity to design, program and build their invention.

ABOUT THE INVENTOR OF IVVY

Charlotte Blancke is a recent graduate of the University of Antwerp. Charlotte was searching for a thesis subject at university and heard her mother’s colleague complaining about the uncomfortable apparatus her child needed for medical treatment. She mentioned that she switched the intravenous pole for a coat hanger that she found in a store. With Ivvy, Charlotte tries to find a solution that tailors the equipment to the needs of patients and nurses in the home environment.

PREVIOUS GLOBAL WINNERS


  • Home Eye Pressure E-skin Sensor (HOPES) is a wearable biomedical device for pain-free, low cost, at-home intraocular pressure (IOP) testing.

  • Plastic Scanner is a handheld device that when held against plastic will tell the user what materials it’s made from. It uses near-infrared spectroscopy, a technology that can categorise more than 75% of plastics.

  • Invented by 23-year-old Judit Giró Benet, The Blue Box is a new way to detect breast cancer, at-home, using a urine sample.

  • Invented by 27-year-old Carvey Ehren Maigue, AuREUS is a new material, made from waste crop, which converts UV light into renewable energy. The Sustainability prize was newly created in 2020.

  • MarinaTex is a home compostable material designed as an alternative to single-use plastic films. The material is comprised of waste material from the fishing industry and sustainable algae.

  • O-Wind Turbine is an omnidirectional wind turbine that can capture wind travelling in any direction, unlike conventional turbines. This allows it to be used in urban environments where wind flow is multi-directional.

  • The sKan is a low cost and non-invasive melanoma detection device invented by a team of medical and bioengineering undergraduates from McMaster University, Canada. The team are currently using the prize money to refine their design to ensure it passes the US Food and Drug Administration standards.

ABOUT THE COMPETITION

The brief. Design something that solves a problem. This problem may be a frustration that we all face in daily life, or a global issue. The important thing is that the solution is effective and demonstrates considered design thinking.

The process. Entries are judged first at the national level by a panel of external judges and a Dyson engineer. Each operating market awards a National winner and two National runners-up. From these winners, a panel of Dyson engineers then select an international shortlist of 20 entries. The Top 20 Shortlist projects are then reviewed by Sir James Dyson who selects his international winners.

The prize

  • The International winner receives a prize of £30,000
  • Sustainability winner receives a prize of £30,000.
  • International runners-up receive £5,000.
  • Each National winner receives £5,000.

How to enter. Candidates enter through an online application form via the . Entries open again in March 2023. Entrants should concisely explain what their invention is, how it works, and their development process. The best entries solve a real problem, are clearly explained, show iterative development, provide evidence of physical prototyping and have supporting imagery and a video.

Australia Issues Travel Warning for Laos’ Bokeo Province

Australia issues warning on travel to Bokeo Province, Laos
Australia issues warning on travel to Bokeo Province, Laos

The Australian government travel advisory website, Smartraveller, has upgraded its travel advice for Laos, advising Australians exercise caution when entering Bokeo Province.