The international contest for the James Dyson Award, celebrating, encouraging and inspiring the next generation of design engineers, invites the public to participate in the People’s Vote stage.

Until Monday, July 20, the website is opened up to a public vote in participating countries. The general public in participating countries will be able to browse the projects in their region, voting for their favorite. The entry with the most votes will be the People’s Vote winner for the local market and will automatically go through to the first shortlist.

The overall winner will be announced in September 2009.

Here are some promising entries that might become part of our future…

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