From the Coroflot portfolio of : Andrew Stordy (London, UK)

Featured Project : Malaria Must Go

Recently coming out of the RCA's Industrial Design Engineering program, engineer/designer Andrew Stordy has put an enormous amount of thought and effort into developing a system to reduce infections from malaria--the world's single largest killer of children. Starting with an extensive research trip to Tanzania, the Malaria Must Go project seeks to work in conjunction with existing anti-malarial technologies like pesticide-impregnated mosquito nets, offering a pair of products that repel and/or kill mosquitoes with locally-sourced materials.

The two prototypes--a charcoal-powered mosquito killer (shown above) and a modified mosquito-repelling oil lamp--are explained and demonstrated in a long but fascinating video on Stordy's website, and the work has earned Stordy both an IDEA Gold award and a 2008 Dyson fellowship, among others.

It's rare to see this sort of research-driven, holistic problem solving at the student level, and even rarer to see it applied to such an urgent, global problem. Deeply encouraging.