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THE DEVELOPMENT
OF HIGH SPEED SECURITY HARDWARE ARCHITECTURES
MAKES BELFAST WOMAN FEMALE INVENTOR OF THE YEAR
2008
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Tanya Ewing
British Female Inventor 2008
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Tanya Ewing 39,inventor of EWGECO an energy-monitoring device that uses a ‘traffic-light’
display to show real-time use of electricity, water and gas took home the top prize as Inventor
of the Year at the tenth annual British Female Inventor and Innovator of the Year Awards in
Cardiff on Tuesday 11 March. Tanya Ewing, who won the top British Female Inventor of the
Year award, invented the EWGECO device and has applied for an international patent for it.
She has no formal engineering or product design training, having left school at 17 to take up a
vocational career as a dental hygienist. As a dyslexic herself, she was very keen to develop an
easy-to-read ‘traffic-light’ display for her energy monitoring device.
It was Tanya’s frustration at trying to extract useful information from her utility bills, coupled
with her concern for improving energy efficiency, that gave her the idea of designing a single
device to display how much energy and water a building is using at any moment.
See the list of winners below:
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AWARD WINNERS |
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Inventor of the Year Award
2008 - Tanya Ewing -
EWGECO
Innovator of the Year
-Gaynor Morgan Incostress
Exceptionally Creative Product - Andrea Linzer Fine Porcelain Products
BAWE Best Business Idea
- Tanya Ewing EWGECO
Best Product Development
- Natalie Ellis Road Refresher
Best Product Development
- Gaynor Morgan Incostress
Capacity Building
- Anne Bowen Ardclinis Outdoor Adventure
Health & Beauty Award
- Dee Wright The Hairforce – Lice Asassins
Special Recognition Awards also went to:
Abiola AJAYI-OBE
SmartChartz Incentive Tools
Angela BEATTIE
Ten Fingers
Jane HARDING
Interlocking Ventilator
Karen O’NEILL
RDA Organic Kids Range - Sqqquishy & Squeeezy
Emily WEBB
The Oarsome Potential Handle
Perez OCHIENG
SACOMA
Caroline OAKLEY
The Crisp Bar
Charlotte EVANS & Carolyn JARVIS
The Buggy Boot
Lesley ROGERS
Garden Tribe
Lindsay HAYMAN
WorkerANT.co.uk
Lavina THOMPSON
Baa-Baa blind
Jane MITCHELL
Plug Pal
Valerie Wood-Gaiger MBE
Learn with Grandma
Sue GASCOYNE
Playscope®
Bethan Myfanwy HUGHES
Practitioner in Harp Therapy & Healing Harp Productions
Sue BELL & Nicole BELL
The Poopod
Mellisa EDMUNDS
SAFE SIP®.
Grace BARDIN-VARNEY
Collection Beau Monde
Rhiannon ROWLEY
ABACA MATTRESSES
Paige ALLEN
FruityFaces
Linda JONES
The Memorial Bud Vase
Shirley PARFITT
Dunes
Sue SCOTT-HORNE
EGAR, Educational Games & Resources Ltd.
Susanne Chishti
Yes! Super Baby
Nousha PAKPOUR
International Dolls House
Yvonne BRUTON-MILLER & Amanda REES
Bamba’s® First Comforts
Boo OLDFIELD
SLINGME
Lynda HARDING
The Easidream™
Kate BAXTER
Musical Foodbar
Kezi LEVIN
Sock Ons®
Julie ANGEL
Learn To Paint Water Colours
Dr. Julie SMITH
Virtual 3D Tawe model
Vivean POMELL
Hat and Hair Piece
Cintra JAGGAN-VINCE
Bra-Aid
Nicola RATHBONE
Handspan
Simin Hagh NAZARI
Culture Media Production by Ultrasound Waves for Aspergillus and Mucor
Rosa FERINCEVIC
ACIDOSALUS SPREY
Renee M. CLEARY ESQ
BLUEneck and BLUEclip
Abeke Clementina DOREGOS
Doregos Private Academy
Chairman’s Award – presented
to Equalitec for contributing to the growth of GWIIN
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