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Winner
turns plastic to steel and heads overseas
An idea for using waste
plastic to make steel has won Sydney researcher Veena Sahajwalla a study tour to
the UK organised by the British Council Australia in Australia’s inaugural
Fresh Innovators competition.
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A device invented by a
student in Sydney should stop the vision impaired from being shortchanged.
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Click click you're in
Watching and
learning got
Brisbane inventor Steve Turner thinking about a remote control, keyless door
entry system.
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Facing up to crime
Is the person arrested actually the one caught on camera? An innovator from
Sydney is turning identification from an art into a science.
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Waste into steel
A Sydney researcher is proving there are
alternatives to coal by using waste plastic to feed the steel industry.
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Glueless stickers
Cars, bathrooms, factories and
classrooms - a new technology for signage is reminding people to be waterwise,
careful and teaching about atoms.
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Monitoring with every breathe you
take
A new technology, invented in Australia, is allowing
surgeons to keep their eye on the job.
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Stopping
gas tanks exploding
A Melbourne engineer has invented a patented system that could eliminate
the risk of LPG explosions.
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Speeding up healing
A Queensland PhD student's discovery speeds up tissue growth and repair and
sparks off a new listed biotech company.
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Switching
on the water but not the guilt
A Melbourne invention promises to bring back the guilt-free showers.
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Aussie yacht design
to challenge world speed record
A new sailing theory has produced
a craft that can sail faster than the wind – US and Aus patents.
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Stopping
workplace falls
An easy to use safety device could prevent many workplace deaths from falls according to its inventor, West Australian Leigh
Dowie.
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Ping pong ball delivers clean rainwater
A filtering system that cleans pollutants out of rainwater using a ping-pong ball – invented in Melbourne
by Trent Church.
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A brick that cures
sick, noisy buildings
A breakthrough in sustainable office and house design – invented in
Sydney by Chris Field.
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