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A spa for babies
At this spa in Houston, Texas, babies aged between two weeks and eight months are put in waterproof nappies then fitted with a double-circle flotation device to support their head and neck. The floats allow the babies to move their arms and legs in the water as the bob and play for about 25 minutes. Mothers say the experience helps their babies relax and sleep better. www.floatbabies.com
26 August 2017 by IdeaSpies

Wellbeing

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Undercover police to catch thieves
As well as CCTV cameras more undercover police are now helping to watch for danger in major cities. A friend recently had her wallet stolen from her bag, without her knowing, near a Paris train station. An undercover policeman saw what happened, ran after the thief and retrieved the wallet.
26 August 2017 by IdeaSpies

Healthcare

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Genome sequencing to diagnose genetic conditions
The Garvan Institute has launched Australia's first clinical whole-genome sequencing service. This new service will help hundreds of thousands of Australians who currently live with a genetic condition, many of which are rare and challenging to diagnose. It will increase the diagnosis rates of these conditions from around 20 per cent to 40 - 60 per cent. One test will put an end to the long and complicated journey to diagnosis that many families currently endure. www.genome.one
26 August 2017 by IdeaSpies

Artistic

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Believe in yourself and your idea
These are some of the rejections Melanie Perkins received before she was able to make her new design business Canva a major success. She presented her story at Sunrise 2016- one of the points being that you should not get too disappointed by rejection- learn from it and make your idea better.
26 August 2017 by lynnwood

Healthcare

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A vaccine against cancer
Three human trials of a "universal cancer vaccine" have been successfully conducted by scientists at the Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, Germany. They are now progressing to larger clinical trials which will take a few years. Their research is based on recent developments in medicine which have given us new ways to fight back?including using our own immune system, known as immunotherapy,
26 August 2017 by IdeaSpies

Wellbeing

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A list of Australian startups you should know about
This is a new and on-going list promoting the Ideas Boom announced and encouraged by the Australian Prime Minister Hon Malcolm Turnbull MP. The list now includes 200 startups and Idea Spies is in the latest list as no 179! Note that there is no ranking system associated with any of these lists. https://medium.com/@iamwormify/a-list-of-australian-startups-that-you-should-know-about-part-8-176-200-d8098f9a5afd#.1w26ordk7
26 August 2017 by IdeaSpies