Students at Central Queensland University (CQU) choose their favourite ideas from the IdeaSpies platform and talk about them for an innovation class led by Management Lecturer Lynette Robinson.
Treepress is an online platform designed for users to upload, search and license play scripts. When you create a profile on the site you can browse plays from all over the world. You can also connect with others on the platform, share work and follow those you admire. www.treepress.org
Woolworths of Australia, and Driscoll's, a fresh berry company, use HarvestMark to track their food. Driscoll's packs berries in the field into the individual plastic clamshells that shoppers pick up in the grocery store. Five years ago, Driscoll's hired HarvestMark to help it create a system to add their QR codes to each individual berry clamshell package they sell. Consumers could then use their smartphones to scan the code on the package they bought into the company's website and tell Driscoll's exactly what they thought about the berries they had just eaten. Using that QR code, the company could trace those berries back through the distribution trail, from the customer on their website to the field where they were picked. Overall berry quality has increased, which allows them to charge a premium price - they sell a billion clamshells of berries a year. www.harvestmark.com
A?growing number of Chinese parents are choosing English names for their children in the hope of helping them gain a future foothold in the West. A British schoolgirl recognised this trend on a holiday in China as well as that embarrassing names were being selected. The confusion is partly the result of Chinese government censorship of the internet restricting its citizens' understanding of western cultural references. So she set up a website to suggest culturally appropriate English names for prospective parents by matching the meaning of the name to the family's ideals and aspirations for their children. In 6 months her site had named more than 232,000 babies. www.SpecialName.cn
A growing body of research demonstrates the correlation between educational and vocational training in correctional settings and successful re-entry post-incarceration, hence a reduction in recidivism. Edovo's solution is a ruggedised tablet that links to a dedicated website (and only to that website). In return for completing online assignments, inmates are rewarded with entertainment, games, and music. Since launching three years ago, the Chicago startup has leased its devices to jails and prisons in many US states. https://edovo.com
Spotted in Leichhardt NSW, on a street side in front of a private home, is a mini library where passers-by are encouraged to take and leave a book. It's a nice change to see reading being promoted to the community.
