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.
Global pizza chain Domino's has announced a partnership with Australian drone startup Flirtey to launch the world's first ever pizza drone delivery service in New Zealand. Flights to customer homes are expected to start later this year.
New Zealand was chosen as its current regulations allow for businesses like Domino's to embrace the opportunities that unmanned aircrafts bring to businesses and consumers. This new delivery service follow reports that Domino's is also testing deliveries by robots- IdeaSpies 17 August http://www.ideaspies.com/post/pizzas-soon-to-be-delivered-by-robots/
DoseMe has created a software platform that uses patient data and laboratory results to estimate a person?s metabolism to accurately provide the best possible level of drug dosage.
Patient benefits of DoseMe include the increase of childhood leukaemia survival by 10 percent, the halving of chemotherapy side effects, increase in patients in therapeutic range from 35 percent to 90 percent and overall reduction in mortality rates by 50 percent. While patient benefits are clear, the cost savings are also impressive. DoseMe looks to save more than US$2,500 per patient and reduce hospital stay length by up to 16 days. www.doseme.com.au
