Ithimba le-DAELad elivela eNyuvesi yaseHong Kong, e-Hong Kong likhethwe ithimba lochwepheshe lamajaji njengabawine umncintiswano womhlaba wonke we-Airbus Fly Your Ideas 2017. Ithimba le-DAELad lishaye umncintiswano onzima ukuze liwine umklomelo wokuqala wama-€30,000 ngomklamo walo osebenzayo we-Private Stowage Compartment (PSC) ngaphansi kwezinyawo zomgibeli.
Isigaba sokugcina salo mqhudelwano senzeka kuleli sonto eToulouse, eFrance. Amaqembu amahlanu abafundi abasohlwini olufushane - ancishisiwe kwabangenele abangu-365 ku-Round 1 - amenywe ukuthi achithe isonto lonke esikhungweni se-Airbus ProtoSpace ukuze abone ngeso lengqondo, afanise futhi avivinye imibono yawo esebenzisa imishini yesimanje, ngaphambi kokuyethula ku-Airbus ProtoSpace. iphaneli yochwepheshe bezemfundo kanye ne-Airbus kanye ne-aerospace.
Amajaji ahlatshwe umxhwele umbono nekhono leThimba le-DAELead ekuboneni isisombululo esilula kodwa esisebenzayo sokuhlangenwe nakho okuthuthukisiwe kwabagibeli. Idizayini entsha yekhabhinethi yendiza isebenzisa ngokugcwele isikhala phakathi kwesitezi sekhabhinethi nosilingi wezimpahla ukunikeza abagibeli indawo yabo yemithwalo yomuntu siqu.
Abaphume isibili, ithimba le-Aquarius elivela eRoyal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT), e-Australia liwine u-€15,000 ngombono wabo oqinile oguqula indiza yezentengiselwano ibe ithuluzi lokumisa umlilo wequbula osheshayo.
I-Airbus Fly Your Ideas 2017 Abaphumelele: Ithimba le-Aquarius elivela eRoyal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT), e-Australia
I-Airbus Fly Your Ideas, manje osekushicilelweni lwayo lwesihlanu futhi ehlelwe ngokubambisana ne-UNESCO, yethulwa ukuze ikhuthaze isizukulwane esilandelayo sabasunguli abavela emhlabeni wonke. Ekungeneni kwabo, abafundi kwadingeka baphendule inselele eyodwa kweziyisihlanu ezihlonzwe i-Airbus, kusukela kulwazi oluthuthukisiwe lwabagibeli kuya emikhiqizweni emisha yokukhiqiza, ukuhlinzeka ngezixazululo ezisimeme zekusasa lendiza.
Irekhodi labafundi abacishe babe ngu-5,500 abavela emhlabeni wonke ababhalisele ukubamba iqhaza emqhudelwaneni wezi-2017. Kusukela umncintiswano we-Fly Your Ideas wethulwa ngo-2008, bangaphezu kuka-20,000 abafundi abavela emanyuvesi angaphezu kuka-650 emazweni angaphezu kuka-100 emhlabeni jikelele.
Ukwehlukahlukana kuyingqikithi yalolu hlelo: amaqembu akhuthazwa ukuthi afake amalungu avela emikhakheni eyahlukene yezemfundo nezizinda. Amaqembu afinyelele kowamanqamu alo nyaka amele izizwe eziyisishiyagalolunye ezahlukene kanye namanyuvesi ayisishiyagalombili e-Afrika, eYurophu nase-Asia-Pacific.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- Five short-listed teams of students – whittled down from 365 entries in Round 1 – were invited to spend a week at the Airbus ProtoSpace facility to visualise, prototype and test their ideas using state-of-the-art equipment, before presenting them to a panel of academic and Airbus and aerospace experts.
- Team DAELead from The University of Hong Kong, in Hong Kong has been selected by an expert team of judges as the winners of the Airbus Fly Your Ideas 2017 global student competition.
- In their entries, the students had to answer one of five challenges identified by Airbus, ranging from improved passenger experience to manufacturing innovations, to provide sustainable solutions for the future of flight.
