A new idea !!!
In 1978, James Dyson noticed how the air filter in the Ballbarrow spray-finishing room was constantly clogging with powder particles (just like a vacuum cleaner bag clogs with dust). So he designed and built an industrial cyclone tower, which removed the powder particles by exerting centrifugal forces greater than 100,000 times those of gravity. Could the same principle work in a vacuum cleaner? James Dyson set to work. Five years and 5,127 prototypes later, the world's first bagless vacuum cleaner from Dyson arrived.
AWARDS RECEIVED
1. Design Week
2. EM Entrepreneur of the year
3. PW-WEB Award
4. Prince Philip Designers Prize
5. Institution of Engineering Designers
6. Industrial Design Prize of America Honorary Doctorates
7. DBA Award
8. Independent Electrical Retailer Award
9. European Design Prize
10. Minerva Award
James Dyson has been awarded the following Honorary Doctorates:
University of Staffordshire
Oxford Brookes University
Huddersfield University Business School
Liverpool John Moores University
Bradford University
West of England University
University of Middlesex
University of Brunel
Bath Spa University
Royal College of Art
University of Bath
Asthma Society and Dyson Team up as Research Partners.
Dyson and the Asthma Society of Ireland have joined forces as Research Partners to tackle the growing problem of asthma in Ireland.
Eight out of ten children with allergic asthma are sensitive to house dust mites. The Dust Mite Protein found in the creature’s minute droppings and decomposing body parts can cause allergic reactions that affect respiratory systems. Dust mites exist in almost every household and feed on human skin cells found in house dust.
Dyson has its own Microbiology laboratory committed to dust mite research, at its UK Research, Design and Development Centre. The lab is home to one of the few pure house dust mite cultures in the UK and a dedicated team of scientists researching mite behaviour – with the aim of removing them from the home.
The Dyson/ASI partnership aims to increase awareness about Asthma and allergies in Ireland - one of the first projects sees the Asthma Society of Ireland launch the follow-up Irish ISAAC research study (based on the International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood Protocol).
Of the six to seven thousand asthma-related hospital admissions in Ireland annually, about 55 per cent of these visits are by children under 14. Between 80 and 100 people die in Ireland each year from asthma – 30 per cent of these are under 40 years of age. In order to work towards reducing the level of the problem, ongoing research is essential, especially as Ireland has the fourth highest prevalence of Asthma worldwide. This amounts to a total of 470,000 asthma sufferers.
The aim of the current ISAAC study is to obtain ongoing knowledge of the growing prevalence and seriousness of asthma and allergies amongst children in Ireland, to compare the results between different Irish centres which hopefully will lead to a better insight into how to manage the problem. The ASI plan to launch this study in a random selection of secondary schools throughout the Republic of Ireland in a similar fashion to that of previous studies. In addition, dust samples from the school classrooms will be analysed for allergens such as house dust mites and moulds. The study, funded by Dyson through a series of joint promotions with the Asthma Society, will allow insight into the role of allergen exposure in the school environment, where children spend between 25-30 per cent of their day. Dyson will also provide access to their research facilities and scientific expertise to analyse the dust for allergens.