James Dyson Award: the straw that saves water
French stage of the James Dyson Award competition innovation has just ended with the announcement of the winner with four dolphins that may compete on the global stage of the competition.
65 projects in design and engineering students selected Tip Top Tap Project Sauzon Theo and the University Claude Bernard - Lyon 1, which was awarded by the jury.
This project provides a solution to the original wash your hands of young children. Most of the time they do not wash their hands properly, and therefore does not expel the bacteria completely. In addition, they often overlook to turn off the tap when soaping hands, or after washing your hands.
Gout Tip Top Tap, which attaches to the end of the faucet provides a solution healthy, economical and fun to these problems. Taught in a fun way for children to wash their hands effectively, and manage the flow of water to save up to 70% of consumption. "My goal was to invent a device that can make children the importance of hand hygiene, while making the job enjoyable., And I also wanted my solution is environmentally friendly to avoid the waste of our natural resources, basic," says Theo Sauzon.
The principle of Tip Top Tap on the basis of recovery of potential energy in the water in the form of pressure for the operation of electronic components in the device. When you open the valve issues instructions are jovial speaker to guide children through washing hands. They follow in step protocol enjoyable and effective step, soaping drying. Infrared sensor and control solenoid valve for water flow which are necessary to use the amount of hand washing water. After washing done, Tip Top Tap automatically switches to standby mode and stop flowing water.
Theo Sauzon and won the first prize of EUR French James Dyson Award 2500, which will allow him to further develop his invention. You will be able to compete with the 4 dolphins in the international stage of the competition and possibly win the first prize of 37500 €, too.
Finals four other French projects are still in the running for the second phase of the competition are:
Nube - Marie Guyon - ENSAAMA
How to harvest fresh water when the rains do not fall off? Nube is a system of "trap cloud Nomad" who converted to moisture Fog drinking. It provides access to a hundred liters per day independently.
Zephyr - Julie DAUTEL, Cedric Tomissi Karen Assaraf - ENSAD ENSAD communications Paris Tech
How energy production in areas affected by natural disasters? Zephyr is a solar balloon that captures solar energy to bring them up-to-earth and used to replace conventional generators.
Jiko - Micaella Pedros - ENSAAMA
How to improve the installation of solar ovens in Africa? Jiko is a solar cooker meets the low success of solar cookers in Uganda. The challenge was to re-use existing tools and transformed to fit with the traditions of Ugandans.
U- Flex pressure - Julian Lewis Ines Le Bihan - EDNA
How to stop the bleeding when you're lonely? U- flexible device is emergency, anti-bleeding, operable with one hand. Can act quickly when someone is bleeding profusely in a remote location