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Team on 02 June 2005
President's medal for the man behind the
iPOD
The Royal Academy of Engineering is to award its coveted silver President's Medal to the man behind the iPOD, Jonathan Ive.
The Royal Academy of Engineering is to award its coveted silver President's Medal to the man behind the iPOD, Jonathan Ive Jonathan Ive is Vice-President of Industrial Design at Apple, designer of the iMAC and more recently, the omnipresent iPOD
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 1 Jun 2006 at 8.00am (UK)
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Dr Ian McEwan has been awarded the Royal Academy of Engineering's Silver Medal for his outstanding contribution to British engineering and commercial development.
He matches style with function, employing superb design to deliver products that are both sophisticated and rewarding to use.
He is being awarded the medal to recognising his outstanding achievements in engineering design and in particular in the design of the iPod, which represents the very best of human interface engineering.
Not only has the iPod become the must-have music tool for pop consumers, it has recently been reported as being employed as an educational tool in schools.
Some teachers apparently claim that the technology improves the learning ability of pupils, helping the pupils to develop their speaking, listening, computing and citizenship skills.
One of the academy's highest accolades, the last President's Medal was awarded in 2004 and prior to that, in 2000.
Alan Hely, European Corporate Communications Director, Apple Computer, will receive the gold medal on his behalf from Academy President Sir Alec Broers on Thursday 2nd June at the academy's awards dinner in London.
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