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Industrial

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An amphibious drone
It can fly in the air, dive in the water or float like a boat. https://twitter.com/techamazing/status/1478117228902072323?s=21
4 January 2022 by IdeaSpies

Wellbeing

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Better shelter on the beach
Just visited Coogee Beach in Sydney and saw many of these shelters called CoolCabanas.  They are designed so you can enjoy the beach without sunburn, ageing, and skin cancer being rated for UPF 50+ protection. They come in a compact travel bag and only one person is needed to set one up. In addition to its Brisbane headquarters, CoolCabanas now has distribution centres in the US and the Netherlands. https://stories.uq.edu.au/contact-magazine/2021/place-in-the-sun/index.htmlhttps://coolcabanas.com.au/
3 January 2022 by IdeaSpies

Healthcare

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An eye-drop that improves close range vision
An eye drop that improves close-range vision could make misplaced reading glasses less of an inconvenience. Vuity, which has became available by prescription, is a once-a-day treatment that can help users see up close without affecting their long-range vision.Vuity’s benefit over reading glasses is that it does not impair distance vision as reading glasses do. Usually, when a person stops reading to do something else, they need to remove their reading glasses to see around them properly.https://inkl.com/a/ZYvJaVTwlE
3 January 2022 by IdeaSpies

AgTech

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French plastic packaging ban for fruit and vegetables
A law banning plastic packaging for large numbers of fruits and vegetables  starts today in France. It en
1 January 2022 by IdeaSpies

COVID-19

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Complementary use of RAT's with PCR tests
It's time for authorities to recognise that RAT's (rapid antigen tests, also called lateral flow tests) are very useful and should be made readily available in Australia. RAT's are taken in a similar way to PCR tests, but use technology more akin to pregnancy tests. They are much cheaper and faster.Millions of RAT's were rolled out to households across the UK mid year so that people could take swabs and test themselves at home. The “rapid testing” method allows people to find out whether they are asymptomatic carriers of Covid-19 and can yield results within 30 minutes. Advertising in the UK shows how RAT's are used in conjunction with PCR tests.
29 December 2021 by IdeaSpies

Healthcare

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A quiet scientific revolution that may solve chronic pain
Chronic pain is both one of the world’s most costly medical problems, affecting one in every five people, and one of t
28 December 2021 by IdeaSpies