talk about james dyson instead.spent five years developing his first vacuum and made more than 5,000 prototypes. he's encouraging other inventors to come up with their own ideas. felicia taylor caught up with the boss of dyson. >> reporter: here we are at the global headquarters of dyson, the birthplace of the bagless vacuum. sir james dyson made it his life's passion to invent and innovate and take the everyday product and make it something a little more unique. and now sir james is rewarding younger talent. engineers that have the same kind of passion and this year's winner is an australian man who invented the air drop. >> what he's done, taken hot air, take it underground where it's cooler and condensation forms and he's using that to put back into the land through a watering system. it's brilliant. the idea is to encourage students to design and develop technology that solves a problem. >> why are you so passionate about innovation, about creating new things? >> because it's exciting. it's challenging and it is

my next guest, james dyson, is known for his bold reinventions in the home.rever changed the way we think of vacuum cleaners, fans, heaters, and he intends to alter our vision of much more both within the home and without. thanks for joining me. >> it's a pleasure. >> when one thinks of creative engineers, innovators, you assume they're going to make really cool products like computers and laptops. what made you think of a vacuum cleaner? >> well, i'm rather attracted to rather prosaic things like vacuum cleaners and hand dryers. where people haven't made them with a love for what they're doing. if you look at, as you say computers, but thing like wind surfers and surf boards, and bicycles, you see the people who make them are passionate about the product they're making. but i didn't get that feeling about vacuum cleaners and hand dryers and fans. so i wanted to apply new technology to these products that we use every day to improve their performance and to improve our enjoyment of them. really to apply technology to make them better. >> so when you are think