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Inclusion

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A crutch that lets you use your hands
Crutches can hurt your hands, wrists and underarms and make it hard to walk. They can also make it difficult to do everyday tasks because you don?t have use of your hands or arms and navigating stairs on them can be dangerous. ?The iWALK2.0 is an award winning alternative for injuries below the knee. http://iwalk-free.com/
20 May 2018 by angel

Startup

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A quick and easy way to get flood warnings
Floodmapp aggregates real time, modelled, and historical flood data in Australia. This data allows them to produce live interactive maps, heat maps, reports, and alerts. The system helps anyone living in a flood plain-rapid personalised warnings allow them to protect their families and valuables. It also helps insurance companies minimise claims and losses. www.floodmapp.com
19 May 2018 by lynnwood

Startup

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Tutors who have aced your subjects
Vygo's app offers personalised tutoring for university students. Students who have done well in their subjects can apply to Vygo to become tutors. This means they can give you relevant and affordable advice. The 100% service guarantee means if you're not fully satisfied with your tutor, they?ll fully refund you. Their first Uni contract was with University of Queensland. https://vygo.com.au
19 May 2018 by lynnwood

Dining

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Restaurants become retailers
Pondicheri, an Indian restaurant in Houston, with a branch in New York, is an example of a restaurant becoming retail. When it opened seven years ago, it sold only two products. Now it offers more than 70 products, from spices ? the best-seller ? to prepared food kits, pickles, chutneys, frozen sauces and stocks, and oils. The owners recognise that younger customers want to cook and retail now makes up about 9 per cent of their sales. The trend follows the?continued expansion of Eataly, which has successfully?meshed the retail-restaurant experience. www.pondicheri.com/
17 May 2018 by idea-2

Healthcare

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A vet to your home
The Vets on Call app will enable pet owners to connect with nearby vets to book in-home consultations for their pets. This means you don?t have to transport your pet to a clinic. You search for an appointment for the time and date that suits you, select a vet who is available and detail the issue being faced by the pet. The app generates a price for the visit before securing the appointment. Visits can be scheduled from?6am to 11pm. They also give you complete access to your pet?s health record ? it's saved in your profile. http://vetsoncall.pet/
14 May 2018 by emma

Dining

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Nanoparticles to detect fake Australian beef
Commercial trials are underway in Australia to inject edible nanoparticles into cuts and sides of export meat before it leaves Australia, with the meat linked to encrypted blockchain verification systems that need unlocking to prove it is genuine Australian provenance once it ?arrives in China. It is estimated twice the amount of Australian beef actually exported is sold in China while carrying an Australian brand or Australian-grown label; a fraud that costs Australian farmers and meat exporters $2 billion in potential lost sales. Cutting-edge nanoparticle technology adopted from the medical industry, using unique brand-identifying films or liquid injections that are safe to eat and impossible to taste or see, may be the secret to solving this major global problem. To help you get the picture, a human hair is 10,000 times wider than a nanoparticle. A nanoparticle is the size of a molecule.  
14 May 2018 by IdeaSpies