Denmark - Inventor helps others put their best foot forward - by Barbara Turnbull
A Montreal industrial designer has walked away with a 100,000 Euro ($143,000 Cdn) prize for the creation of a cheap artificial foot that could help untold numbers of land-mine victims move freely again. Mobility for Each One, designed by Sebastien Dubois as a university project, won one of five prizes yesterday in Copenhagen at the biannual INDEX awards – considered the world's biggest design prize. The prosthetic foot can be made for less than $10 in developing countries.
An electric sports car, a prosthetic foot for land mine victims, the XO'' portable computer, and a potentially lifesaving device known as the ``Tongue Sucker'' were among the winners Friday of an international award honoring innovative designs.
The INDEX prize, which is given out in five $136,000 categories, also awarded an inexpensive laptop designed for children in the developing world and a water purification bottle. The award, which is funded by private and public companies in Denmark, was first given out in 2005 ``to celebrate design that not only looks good but also improves lives of people all over the world,'' said Kigge Hviid, manager of the award foundation.
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