Overview
Three problem-solving designers have been announced as winners at this year's James Dyson Award. The annual award provides recognition and financial support to young design students who create innovative designs that provide a solution to a safety problem.
The winning design this year is LONGREACH (pictured above) by Australian-based Samuel Adeloju - an emergency water aid bazooka that shoots a floating device to rescue a person in danger of drowning. The emergency buoyancy device can be shot from shore up to 500 meters away.
Runner-up Kimberly Hoffman designed SeaKettle, a mobile and inflatable desalination plant to provide shelter and drinking water to those stranded at sea. Lars Imhof, who designed a CPR device called REAX, which compresses a patient's chest and keeps the blood circulating to the brain, took out third place.
Each will receive a substantial grant to help them continue on their paths.
[Via PSFK]