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With hosts Melanie De Gioia & Rachel Brittliff

A podcast to inspire the next wave of Innovators to consider the future of the planet

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Refrigerator Cover Art

Refrigerator

January 7, 2020

Internet

December 27, 2019

Innovation at home - Toilet

Toilet

December 20, 2019

Innovation at home - washing machine

Washing Machine

December 20, 2019

Idea Evolution TRAILER

Idea Evolution Trailer

November 25, 2019

What is the ONE invention that you would add to yo

What is the ONE invention that you would add to your home that would make your life better? ⠀
For me? Hands down, I'd want a robot maid like "Rosie" on the Jetsons when I was a kid! ⠀
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#jetsons #retrofuture #invention #ourworld #ideaevolution #familyactivities #podcastshow #sustainablehome #greatideas #industrialdesign #designhistory #changingtimes #modernlife #ourhome #appliances #funtogether #familyfuntime #innovations #parentsandkids #familyfriendly #sustainability #waronwaste #sustainableliving

Hi 👋Rachel here - one half of the Idea Evolutio

Hi 👋Rachel here - one half of the Idea Evolution duo. My 5-year-old announced last week that he is going to be an engineer. He confidently told me that he is going to build a teleporter! ⠀
He has been interviewing family members about what buttons we want added. He's decided on a button that auto repairs any breakages and another one that can give you weather appropriate clothes for the destination you are headed to. ⠀
I love that this is his dream and while it may seem impossible today, so did the telephone and TV 200 years ago! ⠀
What do your kids dream of doing? ⠀
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#inventor #innovation #invention #engineering #technology #mechanicalengineering #engineer #science #engineeringlife #mechanical #electricalengineering #engineeringstudents #manufacturing #howitsdone #engineers #viralvideos #howitsmade #tools #physics #coolfacts #factsonfacts #sciencefacts #dailyfact #facts #facto #factsdaily #factzoflife #dreambig

Did you know that an estimated 7.3 million tonnes

Did you know that an estimated 7.3 million tonnes of food is wasted in Australia each year? ⠀
According to the National Food Baseline report, which amounts to an average of nearly 300 kilograms per person. Are you conscious of your food wast? Do you have strategies for reducing it? ⠀
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#ideaevolution #familyactivities #podcastshow #sustainablehome #greatideas #modernlife #ourhome #familyfuntime #innovations #parentsandkids #familyfriendly #sustainability #waronwaste #sustainableliving #foodwaste #wastereduction #wastereductionideas

This quote strikes a chord with me. All of the inv

This quote strikes a chord with me. All of the inventors we've come across when researching has seen possibilities where others have seen dead ends and have considered the impossible only slightly more difficult than the demanding. ⠀
What's your definition of creativity? ⠀
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#creativity #greatminds #edwarddebono #inventor #innovation #invention #engineering #technology #mechanicalengineering #engineer #science #engineeringlife #mechanical #electricalengineering #engineeringstudents #manufacturing #howitsdone #engineers #viralvideos #howitsmade #tools #physics #coolfacts #factsonfacts #sciencefacts #dailyfact #facts #facto #factsdaily #factzoflife

Today is the UN International Day of Women and Gir

Today is the UN International Day of Women and Girls in Science 👩🏻‍🔬. Idea Evolution acknowledges the extraordinary contribution females make to science. We hope our podcast helps to inspire many of the listeners of today to be the STEM leaders of tomorrow! ⠀
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#womeninscience #womeninstem #internationaldayofwomenandgirlsinscience #invention #ourworld #ideaevolution #familyactivities #podcastshow #sustainablehome #greatideas #industrialdesign #designhistory #changingtimes #modernlife #ourhome #appliances #funtogether #familyfuntime #innovations #parentsandkids #familyfriendly #sustainability #waronwaste #sustainableliving

100 years ago, there were no TVs. It's estimated t

100 years ago, there were no TVs. It's estimated that by 2021 more than 98% of the world's population will have one in their home 🤯 ⠀
It seems clear that we love them, but have televisions really been a good thing for society? ⠀
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#squareeyes #letschat #tv #television #changingsociety #inventions

Ever wonder whether you're better off reading a bo

Ever wonder whether you're better off reading a book or listening to a podcast to learn new information? According to a study published in the Journal of Neuroscience in August 2019, it doesn't matter 🤔 ⠀
Scientists put people in an MRI machine, they listened to a podcast and also read the transcript. When the maps of brain activity were compared, they were almost identical 😲 ⠀
So there you have it! Hop on over and check out our very informative podcast and get the whole family thinking while you're on the go! ⠀
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#brainscience #neuroscience #sciencestudy #invention #ourworld #ideaevolution #familyactivities #podcastshow #sustainablehome #greatideas #industrialdesign #designhistory #changingtimes #modernlife #ourhome #appliances #funtogether #familyfuntime #innovations #parentsandkids #familyfriendly #sustainability #waronwaste #sustainableliving

Did you know that Ada Lovelace, daughter of Lord B

Did you know that Ada Lovelace, daughter of Lord Byron the poet, is considered to be the first computer programmer? She became interested in the work of a man by the name of Charles Babbage. ⠀
Babbage invented an amazing calculating machine but it was a young Lovelace who worked out how to create a system of punch cards so that the machine could undertake multiple, complex calculations 😲. ⠀
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#techplaytuesday #inventor #innovation #invention #engineering #technology #mechanicalengineering #engineer #science #engineeringlife #mechanical #electricalengineering #engineeringstudents #manufacturing #howitsdone #engineers #viralvideos #howitsmade #tools #physics #coolfacts #factsonfacts #sciencefacts #dailyfact #facts #facto #factsdaily #factzoflife #historyofcomputing

A funny for your Friday: ⠀ When the first jackha

A funny for your Friday: ⠀
When the first jackhammer was invented... ⠀
...it was a groundbreaking innovation! 😂 ⠀
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#Fridayfunny #badpuns #dadjoke #innovation #ideaevolution #thinkoutsidethebox

These are encyclopedia. In the olden days (when Me

These are encyclopedia. In the olden days (when Mel and I were kids) almost every school project started with a trip to the library to gain insights from these great tomes of knowledge. These were the days before the internet was in almost every Aussie home. ⠀
Do you remember those days? Do you miss them? ⠀
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#lifeinthepast #oldendays #libraries #innovation #inventions #learning #education #research

Let's talk sustainability. The United Nations has

Let's talk sustainability. The United Nations has 17 sustainable development goals. Goal #1 is the elimination of poverty. From 1998 to 2017, economic losses from disasters were estimated at almost $3 trillion. Climate - related disasters accounted for 77 per cent of the total – a rise of 151 per cent compared with the period from 1978 to 1997. Can you guess which countries were worst affected? You got it. Those already struggling under the burden of wide-spread poverty. ⠀
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#UNSDG #sustainability #ideaevolution #climatechange #eliminatepoverty #climateemergency #unitednations #sustainabledevelopment

Did you know that it was actually a team of people

Did you know that it was actually a team of people from the Stanford Research Institute who created the system of domain names ending with .com, .org and so on? They adopted the approach to help them organise the growing list of sites being established on the World Wide Web, that they were responsible for documenting 😲 ⠀
The team was headed by an extremely talented woman called Elizabeth Feinler. ⠀
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