![]() ![]() Dyson himself is nothing if not avant-garde in creating his celebrated vacuum cleaner, the former art student ran through 5,127 prototypes until he perfected the G-Force, a bagless upright that used a spinning technology to help keep suction constant. "Our choice now is either to see Britain's jobs of tomorrow vanish to Mumbai or Shanghai or to educate the next generation in the skills of invention and business-building," he was quoted as saying in a media report. Britain, Dyson admitted, is no longer a center for engineering and was at risk of suffering a brain drain to China and India. Half the estimated £22 million ($40.5 million) costs for the billionaire's initiative will come from the James Dyson Foundation, the rest from the U.K. Special classes at vacation times and for adults also would be offered. ![]() The Dyson School of Design Innovation, due to open in 2008, would allow 14 to 16-year-olds to attend class one day a week while those aged 16 to 18 would study full-time. Dyson, the billionaire draftsman, envisages a state school for 2,500 youngsters aged 14 to 18 in the picturesque West Country town of Bath. inventor James Dyson, who made housework sexy with his fashionable Dyson vacuum cleaner is planning to set up a school that would encourage young people to consider engineering careers. Billionaire Inventor Dyson Plans Engineering School ![]()
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