Electrolux has announved its winners and that is ver good knowledge for all the engineers and others.

1. Electrolux Design Lab 2011 winners announced
By Darren Quick
23:37 September 8, 2011
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The Portable Spot Cleaner from Adrian Mankovecky took first place in the Electrolux Design
Lab 2011
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The votes have been tallied in the Electrolux Design Lab 2011 and coming out on top in a
field of over 1,300 entries received from over 50 countries is Slovakian design student Adrian
Mankovecký for his Portable Spot Cleaner. Comprising two components that are separated
and placed on either side of a garment, the pint-sized washing machine would be powered
by a sugar crystal battery and use negative ions and steam to clean stains. Mankovecký will
receive a prize of 5,000 euro (approx. US$7,025) and a six-month paid internship at an
Electrolux global design center.
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"The Portable spot cleaner is built on a very solid consumer insight and it is highly relevant. It
is an instant laundry device that has a positive impact on the environment by reducing
consumption. Its usage and interaction are very intuitive. We all want one," stated the jury in
a statement. This year, the jury members were Danish designer Cecilie Manz, architects
Hayes and James Slade, and Henrik Otto, Senior Vice President of Global Design at
Electrolux.

3. Second place in the Awards (which this year carried the theme of "Intelligent Mobility") went
to Enzo Kocak, a student at Australia's Monash University, for Ribbon, a portable
combination heater and cooler that features a flexible ribbon form factor that allows it to be
wrapped around food or drink containers. Kocak will receive 3,000 euro (approx. US$4,173).
Roseanne de Bruin from New Zealand's Massey University took out third place for her
Smoobo Blender, which lets users quench their thirst with a smoothie mixed up inside a
rubber ball with exterior nodules that make it bounce erratically, while rotor blades inside
powered by kinetic batteries mix the smoothie to a nice consistency. De Bruin receives 2,000
euro (approx. US$2,782).

4. Matthew Schwartz from California State University Long Beach received the People's Choice
Award for his Onda portable microwave oven that pairs with pre-prepared meals to complete
a circuit and cook the food inside the pack.
Congratulations to all the winners of the Electrolux Design Lab 2011, and If you want an idea
of what they were up against, check out our previous look at some of the 25 semi-
finalists and the eight entries competing for the People's Choice Award.