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Loughboroughs success in design competition continues

Posted on 27/12/2008

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Loughborough’s success in design competition continues

Two Design and Technology finalists from Loughborough University have been awarded top prizes at this year’s RSA (Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce) Design Direction Awards.

Robert Curtis received the RSA Fellows Award of £1,000 for his design called ‘Safuse’ an infusion pump system for hospitals which, through the use of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology, aims to lower the risk of tampering and reduce the occurrence of user error during the drug administration process. Jonathan Fenton received the Mark Wilkinson Designers Award of £3,500 for ‘Bio-Pod’, an air-tight kitchen-top storage vessel that utilises vacuum ionisation to delay the decomposition of food waste and thereby reduce unpleasant smells and health hazards in the home.