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Dining

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A bill tray that helps you read bills
This clever idea from Visa lets you see your bill more easily. It's a bill tray with a built-in magnifying glass.
23 August 2017 by IdeaSpies

Dining

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Drinking wine helps you lose weight
This is hard to believe but scientists are saying it's true. http://www.look.co.uk/news/drinking-wine-lose-weight
23 August 2017 by IdeaSpies

Dining

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The international collaboration that led to screw caps for wine
An Australian winemaker came up with the idea for screw caps instead of corks for wine and briefed a French company to produce them. The first winery to use them commercially was Swiss. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Screw_cap_(wine)
23 August 2017 by IdeaSpies

NFP

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Prepare for a good end of life
LifeCircle exists to help bridge the experience gap around dying, so people are better informed and have more choice and control over what happens at the end of someone?s life. According to the Onnit Academy deathbed regret #1 is "I Wish I?d Had the Courage to Live a Life True to Myself, Not the Life Others Expected of Me" www.LifeCircle.org.au https://www.onnit.com/academy/avoid-the-top-5-deathbed-regrets/
23 August 2017 by IdeaSpies

Wellbeing

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Electric light up gear
This gear includes LED Hoodies, vests and caps designed to make you visible in sporting activities including runs and cycling. www.globalfusionaus.com.au
23 August 2017 by IdeaSpies

Artistic

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The "O" device at MONA
MONA is the Museum of Old and New Art in Hobart Tasmania and it changed the way visitors view artworks with the "O" device. You receive this device for free when you enter and can use it to fix your location in the museum as well as to produce a proximity ordered list of nearby artworks and give you a multimedia experience of each artwork. Your journey through the museum can even be tracked so you can access a record of it online afterwards. MONA also offers holiday says through their website www.mona.net.au MONA staff get a daily report on the number of visitors that day, how many works were viewed, the most visited works, dwell times, and the most loved and hated pieces that day.  
23 August 2017 by IdeaSpies