Digital Rangers is an augmented reality application that uses object, location, outline, and image recognition to trigger indigenous stories on your phone in a hologram-like way at cultural places around the world. www.indigital.net.au
These girls are relaxing after their Color Run this morning in Centennial Park Sydney. This outdoor fun event is now run around the world. It's a 5km untimed run where thousands of color runners are doused with coloured powder at each kilometer and enjoy it. www.thecolorrun.com.au
Prisons in Norway mimic the outside world as much as possible to prepare inmates for freedom. At this high security prison Halden, rooms include en-suite bathrooms with mini-fridges and flat-screen TVs. Activities are arranged 8am to 8pm and include sports and skills training. The guards' job description says they must motivate the inmate "so that his sentence is as meaningful, enlightening and rehabilitating as possible." Half the guards are women. Norway has one of the lowest recidivism rates in the world at 20%.
You can now grow eco-friendly grass furniture if you have a large enough back yard. The Terra grass armchair by Studio Nucleo is organic grow-it-yourself furniture that is capable of forming a natural seat, while matching your landscape. www.kickstarter.com/projects/254144236/terra-growing-furniture
These ideas were selected by Ashurst for consideration by directors at an event in Sydney this week. The top ideas judged at their monthly events will be considered at their end of year luncheon.
