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Developing the Future Today - April 2008

Innovation Gippsland launch

The launch of Innovation Gippsland and the Victorian state launch of the Australian Innovation Festival was held on Thursday May 1st at Kiel Industries in Morwell. It is the first time that a state launch has been held in a regional area and recognises Gippsland’s status as the largest regional festival in Australia.Â

Upcoming events

The Innovation Gippsland program is filled with events from a variety of industries - everything from ‘Making $ From Small Farms’ to Speed Networking and one of the region’s first carbon-neutral events, Workwise East Gippsland TAFE Awards 08. The re-awakening of concern about sustainability and global warming is reflected in this year’s program, with the ‘Farming in a Changing Climate’ in Warragul on May 9th and the ‘Gippsland Sustainability Festival’ in Morwell on May 9th and 10th. If you want to find out more about how our region’s climate will change and how to respond to it, make the time to attend these events. More details at www.innovationgippsland.com.Â

New Ideas from Then to Now

http://www.questacon.edu.au/html/100_years_of_innovations.html - 100 years of Australian Innovation from 1900 to 2000 – everything from Speedo swimwear (in 1928!), the Staysharp knife and solar hot water heaters. And for a look into the next 100 years: http://www.abc.net.au/science/news/tech/default.htm - using bacteria to produce hydrogen for fuel, a laundry detergent that saves water by ‘switching off’ its own suds and using the ‘trapped rainbow’ effect to use light to transport and store data. One day your laptop may really be as fast as the speed of light! Next step – speed typing …Â

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