Lastnightstony

Percy Spencer invented the microwave. Mary Quant invented hot pants. Mandy Smith and Sarah Ginn have invented TEMPlate? Allow me to explain.Mandy and Sarah are a couple of young hot creatives at WK London. When not dropping big ideas for global clients like Nokia, they are part-time inventors with full-time brains. They have come up with a plate that stays heated around the center and not around the edge. I think they can explain it better than I can.

“TEMPlate™ is a temperature controlled ceramic dinner plate that following removal from the oven or microwave remains cool to the touch around the rim and underside, whilst heating quickly in the centre to keep food hotter for longer. We now have UK and PCT patents on TEMPlate and have been approached by companies such as Tefal, Villeroy and Boch and Lakeland who are interested in producing it.”They are spending their weekend at the Ideal Home Show in London presenting their plate along side the several other concept and design submissions.

“Yet again this prestigious competition has attracted Britain’smost promising young design students. Here are the 31 finalists (selected from thousands) that will all be on display at the show. We are asking visitors to both the website and the show to vote for the one that they think is the most innovative and crown the winner of Concept Products 2008! Help nurture great British talent this year. The winner will win £2000 presented by TV Scientist and invention enthusiast Adam Hart-Davis, publicity for their product and maybe even a place in future homes of Britain too.”

It appears that this competition is based on votes off of the website. Sounds like an contest that could be rigged by some one sitting at home and voting a million times. Or, you could get your friends to vote and when you win, throw a kick ass party where you fly your friends over to London with the prize money! Count me in.