Originally designed for the US Navy, this light, mobile suit allows the wearer to handle heavy apparatus without bearing any of the weight. It has a huge range of potential applications across warehouses, factories and construction sites – allowing robotic equipment to become more human

This year's awards ceremony took place last night in London. You can read the full list of winners here

Our January issue, available now, features profiles of all 11 of the 2014 Icon Awards winners and information about the runners-up

Read the shortlist of for this category, which the Morph Folding Wheel by Vitamins, Design and Invention Studio won last year