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Introducing the 2005 Fresh Innovators:
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Seeing the
invisible - Ultrasound guarantees flawless car parts
Suresh Palanisamy,
Cooperative
Research Centre for Cast Metals Manufacturing, VIC |
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Does your new
office or house design comply?
DesignCheck will tell you.
Lan Ding,
Cooperative Research Centre for Construction Innovation, NSW
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Early warning
system for emergency disease threats
- Australia
takes the lead in cattle disease surveillance
Richard Shephard,
Australian Biosecurity Cooperative Research
Centre, VIC |
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You love your
cat. You hate his litter tray.
Sydney inventor learns from Mr Jinx, and teaches cats
to use the toilet!
Jo Lapidge,
Stand Innovation
(independent inventor), NSW
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The future
of bugging hangs by a thread of light.
James Rabeau,
University of Melbourne |
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Rusting
iron to clean up toxic spills.
Andrew Fietz,
University of New South Wales |
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Where’s
that voice coming from?
A Sydney team invents a 3D hearing aid
Craig Jin,
University of Sydney |
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Mobile
phones join the fight against youth depression
Sophie Reid,
Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, VIC |
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Fresh mum turns the maternity bra upside down
Tracey Lucock,
Fresh Mums (independent inventor), QLD |
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Simplicity and waste reduction
motivated a restaurant owner to design smart taps that do the
dilution maths for you
Lawrence Sant,
Molly Polly Innovations (independent inventor, QLD
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Excuse me, I think I’m breaking – mining equipment gets
smart
Daniel Bongers,
University of Queensland
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Exporting quality— Australia
offers HIV test monitoring to the world
Wayne Dimech,
National Serology Reference Laboratory, VIC
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Bridging the
gap to public transport access
Kevin Fullerton
Glidelok (independent inventor), QLD
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Lighting up
your workplace:
Veronica Garcia-Hansen
Queensland University of Technology
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Check before
you medicate
Michael Ward
University of South Australia |
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The Innovators presented their work to the public, universities,
school students, business people and the media in Sydney from 26 to 29 April.
Check out the details of these events here
Their stories were also seen on TV, radio and in newspapers in the
weeks following.
See the stories from
Fresh Innovators 2004.
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Fresh Innovators 2005 was supported by
the National Innovation Awareness Strategy, an Australian Government
initiative
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The
Department of Industry, Tourism and Resources funded the Fresh
Innovators
program as part of the National Innovation Awareness Strategy. |
British
Council Australia provided a study tour to the UK for the person who
best mes
the criteria of the program. The winner presented their work at the
Royal Institution in London. |
NewScientist, the world's leading science and technology weekly
magazine, is proud to be a sponsor of Fresh Innovators. |
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