Aussie Designer's Long-Distance Life Preserver Wins James Dyson Award

Ready, aim, lifesaver! Longreach, which shoots an emergency buoyancy aid up to 500 feet out to sea, has bested 14 other problem-solving shortlisted designs to win this year’s James Dyson Award. Australian designer Sam Adeloju (at right) and his alma mater, the University of New South Wales, will each receive $15,000. U.S. student Kimberley Hoffman earned second place honors for her Sea Kettle, which uses natural sunlight to desalinate water in an emergency life raft, while Swiss design grads Lars Imhof and Marc Binder took third place for their Reax