Dyson engineers take on Global Rapid Development Challenge

Dyson sent over a press release asking the question: “What can be achieved in just 24-hours when you set Dyson engineers on a rapid development challenge?” A lot, apparently. Two hundred Dyson hardware, mechanical, software, and electronics engineers from the UK and Singapore had to team up to design and build an intelligent machine that follows one of the themes: The Connected Home, Gamification of Dyson Products, and Accessibility through Usability. They had to accomplish this within 24 hours. And with that short amount of time, the participants on average were only able to sleep for two hours during the event, they wrote over 6,000 lines of code, and downed over 500 energy drinks and coffee.

The winning group came from the UK. They modified a Jake Dyson CSYS task light by augmenting its motors drive mechanism and hooking these up to an Arduino electronics board. With computer programming it transfers data to the light and having the machine draw highly detailed images. As you see at the end of the video above, it shows the machine drawing a portrait of Jake Dyson himself.

Dyson announces a second UK Technology Campus in Hullavington

Dyson announced to begin work on a second Cotswold technology campus, very near its global headquarters in Malmesbury.

The 517 acre space, on former Ministry of Defense land at Hullavington, Wiltshire, will increase Dyson’s footprint in the UK by 10 times. The new campus will enable Dyson to continue creating more high-skilled jobs in Britain, while boosting UK exports.

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Dyson opens new $561 million Technology Centre in Singapore

James Dyson today opened the doors to Dyson’s new Technology Centre in Singapore, in the presence of Minister for Trade and Industry, S. Iswaran.

Dyson is investing $561 million (£330m) in its future in Singapore. The new facility has the latest development labs, bringing together cutting-edge hardware and software expertise. Dyson plans to grow the Singapore-based engineering team by 50 per cent. Located in the heart of Singapore’s start-up community and next to the National University of Singapore, the new Centre’s engineering teams will focus on developing new technologies for the future.

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Dyson searches for ‘ReThinkers’ a.k.a. world’s brightest minds

Dyson doesn’t just want smart people, they want the brightest minds. Those who are able to take on a series of challenges that test “ingenuity, wrong thinking, and perseverance.” This competition has an attractive prize waiting for those up to take the challenge: a chance to visit Dyson’s top secret technology campus in the UK and meet Dyson CEO Max Conze—all expenses paid for.

The British company opened the £250m campus in Malmesbury, Wiltshire last month. The site is currently home to 2,500 Dyson people with 129 laboratories, space for hands-on prototyping, designing, and breakout spaces for collaboration. The campus also has a multi-purpose sports facility and café to give the place the university feel. If that’s something you want to see in person, you can find out more here. There’s the first clue embedded in the opening video so keep your eye out for that.