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NUS Design Incubation Centre (DIC) won Gold Prize from International Design Competition Osaka 2006.

Design Incubation Centre (DIC) has won the Gold Prize from the International Design Competition Osaka 2006. Organized by the Japan Design Foundation, the International Design competition Osaka is one of the most prestigious design competitions. Representing DIC for the competition are industrial designers: Tan Yong Kai and Priscilla Lui Sik Peng.

The DIC team emerged the top winner, beating 424 entries from 35 countries with their design, the Dandella. Dandella is a hand-held GPS tracking device designed to help and guide the lost by always physically pointing towards the destination. Press release

http://www.jdf.or.jp/eng/compe/2006_prize.html

Posted: Tuesday, February 13, 2007 12:18 PM by YEN CHING-CHIUAN

Comments

Popgadget: Personal Tech for Women said:

They call it a Dandella, named for a dandelion floating on the breeze, though it behaves more like a sunflower: this hand-held GPS tracking device lights up and physically bends and points towards its location or another Dandella that...

# February 16, 2007 7:42 PM

unmaintained said:

Fantastic design for the future we'll never see. They call it a Dandella, named for a dandelion floating

# February 16, 2007 11:13 PM

All Points Blog said:

Dandella (think dandelion) is a unique way to track. Just put it in its vase-like dock and tell it which other Dandella to track and it will bend in its direction. (Yes, like phototropism - where plants bend toward light.) The discussion of the devic

# February 17, 2007 12:23 AM

SCI FI Tech said:

GPS navigation systems are spreading far and wide, and some are so reasonably priced, almost anyone can afford one. But designers Tan Yong Kai and Priscilla Lui Sik Peng...

# February 20, 2007 6:30 AM

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