Waste

The Waste project is on Hold! And will be activated in November as a business model for community orientated waste/ recycling services.
The project has developed a model and run a pilot recycling program. The effort now is to convert the model and pilot into a business model for dissemination.

‘Garbage from Naples is being carted north [...]

An Undergrad Course in Social Innovation

Provocation
Australia has done its fair share of innovation when it comes to new social capabilities – community aged care, surf life saving and the flying doctor service just to name a few. But the instinct for invention linked to social change has to be renewed and reframed for contemporary conditions. The innovation process itself must [...]

The Locavore Project

To provide access to local produce – to help people manage a 100 mile diet
If you are interested in being proactive about your interest in Sustainability, and have worked in Cafes and the food industry, which gave you an interest in the Restaurant culture of Melbourne, you will find much intellectual satisfaction in combining all [...]

The Artificial Pancreas

To design the products and system for Diabetes Care at home.
If you are interested in Medical product design and have worked in a design consultancy which gave you an interest in product design, you will find in this project a learning experience that conslidates your interest. In this project you will develop skills in visualizing [...]

Melbourne Icarus Project

To Design a Car for Car Sharing in Melbourne

If you are interested in Sustainability and have an interest in vehicle design, which may have led you to develop skills in rendering, then you will find in this project a chance to combine your two interests within the idea of car sharing. In this project you [...]

Disruptive Technology

What is Disruptive Technology?
Disruptive technology is a term coined by Harvard Business School professor Clayton M. Christensen to describe a new technology that unexpectedly displaces an established technology. In his 1997 best-selling book, “The Innovator’s Dilemma,” Christensen separates new technology into two categories: sustaining and disruptive. Sustaining technology relies on incremental improvements to an already [...]