QUT – Australian Locust Corporation
Team Members – Mohammad Araghian, Richard Bowen, Henry Wibawa, Kristian Just
Australian Locust Corporation aims to create a new industry where locusts can be converted from a pest to a commodity. Through its members, ALC aims to capture wild locusts and on-sell them to feed manufacturers. Farmed insects have already been used as aqua-feed, demonstrating the suitability of this as a protein source for fish.
The venture aligns the interests of agriculture and aquaculture sectors. It provides additional income to suppliers (farmers) interested in the opportunity while reducing their use of pesticides that has adverse effects on their crops. It will also reduce reliance of fish-feed manufacturers on imported raw material.
University of Queensland – GiroJet
Team Members – Felipe Jaramillo Moscoso
Increasingly choked transport infrastructure means intercity and urban transport is a challenge to almost every city around the world. Developing a cost efficient way of moving people in the sky would yield high returns for those who can achieve and offer it.
The GiroJet is the first viable attempt at providing a solution for the Personal Aerial Vehicle (PAV) market; envisioned by NASA as the next logical step in the natural progression in the history of disruptive transportation system innovations.
GiroJet would be a company developing airmobile solutions, capable of delivering a low cost dynamic mode of transport for everyday personal and business applications.
RMIT – SnapComp
Team Members – Paul Monks, Filip Kratochvil
SnapComp is a web based platform for running competitions, raffles and redemptions, aimed at small/medium sized businesses and not-for-profits.
Currently these organisations struggle with the varied legal constraints of each state and territory, and also the challenges of technology or scalability when running competitions either online or offline. Often their promotions are ineffective, not reaching enough of their target audience, and not capitalising on the data they capture about competition entrants.
SnapComp solves these problems with a simple to use, low cost, self-service solution, that caters for entries taken on paper forms, mobile devices, computers, and emerging devices.
University of New South Wales – Pluvision
Team Members – Niklas Olsson, Hye Won Lee, Eric Wei, Noëllie Garand
Dry eye syndrome is an eye condition that affects 120 million people worldwide. At present there is no effective treatment for this painful and irritating condition. Pluvision offers a treatment in the form of eye drops which demonstrate an efficiency ten times greater than that currently offered on the market. Its competitive advantage originates from the use of unique biocomponents found in rabbit tears. The formula developed by Pluvision does not contain preservatives, hence creating a more receptive drop and minimizing the risk of side-effects. Biodrops will present advanced convenience and simplicity, something no current lubricant can offer.
Swinburne – FitIntegrate
Team Members – Nicola Gracie, Kara Landau
At FitIntegrate® we are passionate about providing staffing solutions. FitIntegrate®s’ first product offering is an online scheduling platform, providing systematic matching, so that fitness classes can be covered with automated ease. Our service provides an invaluable network to connect and enhance the fitness industry. FitIntegrate® saves time, money and energy for our subscribers, as well as insuring peace of mind that business will run as per usual.
‘Providing services that give rise to more efficient processes for future optimisation of the fitness industry.’
University of Adelaide – SA BioFuels
Team Members – Morgan Hunter, Byron Patterson, Glen Wheatley
Why pay high fuel prices when you can grow your own? Farmers growing oilseed can produce biodiesel and save 60% of their fuel costs. This green fuel has 60% less carbon emissions than conventional diesel. An average farmer using 200,000 litres of biodiesel pa equates to 170 passenger cars’ emissions saved each year. It is the proprietary software coupled with advanced ultrasound technology of the Bio-ULTRA developed by SA Biofuels that makes this possible. Farmers lease the portable Bio-ULTRA on a per-litre basis which minimises their capital costs and provides a long term and growing revenue stream for SA Biofuels.
Bond University – The Robertson International Academy
Team Members – Shilo Mahoney
The Robertson International Academy is a for profit International Education service institute providing senior education programs (ELICOS, International Baccalaureate and Diploma in Business) to the international and local student consumer market. The Academy will provide a unique avenue for students to develop their English language skills and access higher education in Australia. Located at Varsity Lakes in Queensland’s Gold Coast, the Academy will cater for 450 students and will begin operations in January 2014.