When Dyson, the eponymous firm of inventor Sir James Dyson, announced that it would be releasing three new products today, I was intrigued.

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James Dyson is also known for his trial-and-error approach in building function-led product designs.

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BILLIONAIRE, KNIGHT and inventor James Dyson has created some of the most wantonly over-engineered cleaning machines known to man.

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Just like Zuck and Edison, James Dyson prefers to invent not by theorizing but by building one prototype after another until he succeeds.

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Sir James Dyson's company filed proceedings at the High Court claiming an employee passed company secrets to Bosch for up to two years.

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Sir James Dyson, an entrepreneur and author of a report for the Tories on Britain's exporting future, urges more tax breaks for research-intensive high-tech start-ups.

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Inventor Sir James Dyson has called on the government to do more to boost the UK's technology industry, warning of a shortfall of engineering graduates.

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Rogers Feng, a student of Northwestern University, took home a James Dyson award this week for inventing a human-powered refrigeration system that's designed to aid in the distribution of vaccines in developing nations.

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