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Startup

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Your startup T Shirts for sale
You can upload your logo onto SpreadShirt products online. Then you can show them on their marketplace, at no charge, so they can be sold to your friends, family and other supporters. This is a good way for people to order the designs they like in their size. You can see our IdeaSpies range for men and women on their marketplace. You can even add your own logo or design to them. Be creative- try it. www.spreadshirt.com.au/user/IdeaSpies
26 September 2018 by IdeaSpies

Wellbeing

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North Sydney to become Non Smoking- NS
North Sydney Council has passed a recommendation to make its CBD the first smoke-free business district in Australia. The ultimate aim is to make North Sydney the first smoke-free municipality in Australia. There are about 72,000 residents and this means all shared public spaces - streets, plazas and parks - will become no-go zones for smokers. It includes outdoor seating areas in front of restaurants and cafes. Smoking prevalence in the Northern Sydney local health district is 9.5 per cent, lower than the state average of 15.2 per cent. https://www.smh.com.au/politics/nsw/north-sydney-set-to-become-australia-s-first-smoke-free-cbd-20180925-p505xn.html
26 September 2018 by idealist

NFP

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Hunting the poachers
Wildlife crime is sweeping the planet. The illegal trafficking of wildlife is now one of the world's largest criminal industries.Modern-day poachers have evolved and routinely utilise military tactics and equipment to kill high-target species, such as elephants, rhinos and gorillas. The non-profit International Anti-Poaching Foundation (IAPF) has established a Ranger Training Academy to instruct wildlife rangers, both men and women, in military tactics to hunt the poachers. The IAPF is now registered in four separate countries across southern and east Africa, and the rangers help protect the animals within nearly three million hectares of wilderness every day. www.iapf.org
23 September 2018 by IdeaSpies

AI

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Giving a voice to people who can't verbalise their pain
Painchek is the world's first smart phone pain assessment and monitoring device. It uses AI and facial recognition technology to provide carers across multiple clinical areas with important new clinical benefits- the ability to identify the presence of pain, and quantify its severity, when pain isn't obvious as well as to monitor the impact of treatment to optimise overall care. https://www.painchek.com
22 September 2018 by IdeaSpies

Wellbeing

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The world's first taxi paid by singing
Fortum Singalong Shuttle is the world?s first taxi that is paid by singing. The car keeps on moving as long as you keep on singing. The service is run on electric cars, so the passengers can enjoy the music without background noise and carbon emissions. It was piloted by driving festival visitors at Ruisrock festival, July 2018 in Turku, Finland. Carpool karaoke was popularised by the comedian James Corden?s viral segment where celebrity guests sing?in his car. www.fortum.com/singalongshuttle
22 September 2018 by lynnwood

Inclusion

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The right trousers
Robo-trousers that help people stand up, walk upstairs and get out and about are being designed by British scientists in a government-funded scheme to help the elderly and disabled stay mobile. The University of Bristol is developing "smart trousers" with artificial muscles which give frail people bionic strength so they can live independently for longer. The muscles are air-filled bubbles of plastic that can raise a leg from a seated to a standing position. The project has been dubbed "The Right Trousers" in reference to The Wrong Trousers, the Wallace and Gromit animation in which Wallace constructs a pair of calamitous cyber slacks. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/sep/11/the-right-trousers-wallace-and-gromit-mobility-aid-
21 September 2018 by lynnwood