11-10-2015, 09:06 AM
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Local startup first in Canada to win Dyson international award
Waterloo Region Record
By Terry Pender
KITCHENER — Voltera, a local startup that's created a special 3D printer for quickly making circuit boards, has won the top international prize of $54,000 in the James Dyson Award.
It is the first time a Canadian team has won the international design and engineering competition, which is named for and funded by the man who invented the Dyson vacuum cleaners. As part of the award, the University of Waterloo gets an additional $9,000.
Voltera was founded in June 2013 by four University of Waterloo graduates — Alroy Almeida, Jesús Zozaya, Katarina Illic and James Pickard. ...
http://www.therecord.com/news-story/6108...nal-award/
Waterloo Region Record
By Terry Pender
KITCHENER — Voltera, a local startup that's created a special 3D printer for quickly making circuit boards, has won the top international prize of $54,000 in the James Dyson Award.
It is the first time a Canadian team has won the international design and engineering competition, which is named for and funded by the man who invented the Dyson vacuum cleaners. As part of the award, the University of Waterloo gets an additional $9,000.
Voltera was founded in June 2013 by four University of Waterloo graduates — Alroy Almeida, Jesús Zozaya, Katarina Illic and James Pickard. ...
http://www.therecord.com/news-story/6108...nal-award/