Student engineers get to pitch their projects

The Dyson (as in Sir James of the vacuum cleaner) Awards open Monday, with a 2pm event at the University of Sydney. Robotics professor and awards judge Salah Sukkarieh will do the honours.

The competition is for engineering, product and industrial design undergrads and recent (four years) graduates, who have an invention, which “solves a problem.” The global top-20 entries will be assessed by the big D himself.

And yes, entrants keep their IP, “Dyson will not steal your idea,” organisers assure