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Tim Thorpe (Blog) - July 17, 2006 11:19 PM

9 comment(s) - last by Tim Thorpe.. on Jul 21 at 3:21 AM

James Dyson hopes to open the Dyson School of Design Innovation in Bath, England in Sept. 2008

Inventor James Dyson, most notable for his innovative vacuum cleaner line is making plans to open the Dyson School of Design Innovation in the town of Bath, England in September 2008. The school would target British students ages 14-18 and focus on teaching engineering and design concepts. 14-16yr old students would study at school one day a week while students 16-18 would study there full time.

According to Dyson, Britain is at risk of losing its existing engineering minds to countries such as China and India possibly leaving the country short of engineers. "Our choice now is either to see Britain's jobs of tomorrow vanish to Mumbai or Shanghai or to educate the next generation in the skills of invention and business-building," Said Dyson. The school is expected to cost approximately $40.5 million to build and establish, half of which the James Dyson Foundation will pick up while the rest will be up to the British government.

Philantropy is certainly running high lately in the tech sector. Warren Buffet recently announced the majority of his wealth will go to the Bill & Linda Gates Foundation.

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Dyson vaccum cleaner

By toattett on 7/19/2006 4:43:52 AM , Rating: 2

Do anyone of you own a Dyson vaccum cleaner?
They surely are fairly expensive, are they really that good?

RE: Dyson vaccum cleaner

By Merry on 7/19/2006 9:01:56 AM , Rating: 2

yes

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RE: Dyson vaccum cleaner

By creathir on 7/19/2006 1:13:33 PM , Rating: 2

I'll tell ya, I'm not sure how they WORK, but they FEEL cheap. It is all plastic, so it is really lite, but it feels like cheap plastic.

Just my opinion, having never used it.

- Creathir

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RE: Dyson vaccum cleaner

By ChristopherO on 7/19/2006 3:36:15 PM , Rating: 2

Yes to both questions. Got the kit at Costco.

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I can't read the writing in the picture

By Trisped on 7/19/2006 1:50:34 PM , Rating: 2

It always annoys me when someone takes a picture of something, but you don't have a high enough pixel count to tell what it really looks like. From my screen it looks like the glass is really a large number of CRT screens flashing white scan lines.

Sounds like a fun school. I think I would have gone if I could.

RE: I can't read the writing in the picture

By IndustrialLuddite on 7/19/2006 9:54:27 PM , Rating: 2

I'm fairly certain that's just an architectural rendering, but your definitely right about the weak resolution.

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RE: I can't read the writing in the picture

By techfuzz on 7/19/2006 10:01:17 PM , Rating: 2

It's a rendering, look at the "shadow people" in the foreground.

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RE: I can't read the writing in the picture

By Tim Thorpe on 7/21/2006 3:21:03 AM , Rating: 2

As Techfuzz said it is a rendering, it is off the schools website, I wasn't able to get a larger version of it at the time of publishing this blog. I have E-mailed them asking if they could provide a larger version of it but they haven't gotten back to me yet. If they are able to get back to me with a larger image I will update the blog to reflect that.

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Possible classes include...

By techfuzz on 7/18/2006 9:52:45 PM , Rating: 2

How to Build A Better Vacuum 101
World Domination Through Housewares 201

"We are going to continue to work with them to make sure they understand the reality of the Internet. A lot of these people don't have Ph.Ds, and they don't have a degree in computer science." -- RIM co-CEO Michael Lazaridis