New Home Fire Sprinkler Design Takes James Dyson Award

If you've heard the name Dyson recently, you probably heard about a vacuum.  That's because inventor James Dyson took the vacuum world by storm with his cost-effective and interestingly designed home vacuums.

Since then Dyson started the James Dyson Foundation.  This organization inspires inventors around the world to get to it.  With some added incentive, the foundation also holds an annual competition.

This year's James Dyson Award went to Yusuf Muhammad and Paul Thomas for their "Automist" home fire-suppression system.

 

The system was designed to use the house's waterline to produce a large volume of mist, in an effort to better starve the fire of oxygen by drowning it out.

As you may know, most home sprinkler systems shoot water out much like a garden hose, attempting to put as much water in the air as possible.  Although it works, there is always room for improvement.

The Automist system offers that improvement.  Rather than throwing water at the fire, the Automist system envelopes the fire through putting more moisture into the room.

This technology has worked to great success in factories and ships.  Thanks to Muhammad and Thomas, we may have it in our homes as well.