2001 Winners
 National winner
Adrian Morgante
Intelligent Ideas and Concepts
Suite 12, Main Beach Tower, Main Beach, QLD 4217
Tel: 07 5591 7979
'Toe Stopper' took out the national award. Our patron, Steve Vizard,
presented Adrian Morgante, a retired Jockey form Queensland with
the $50,000 grant. 'Toe Stopper' is a device that attaches to the
normal stirrup irons used in horse riding to support the riders'
foot in the correct riding and safety position.
This prevents a rider's boot from becoming caught in the stirrup
iron should the rider be dislodged from the saddle, which prevents
less injuries and loss of life.
E-Business Winner
Paul Wilson
Template Central
Suite 2, 10 O'Connell Street, Newtown, NSW 2024
Tel: 02 9565 2400
Andrew Day, CEO of Sensis presented the first ever e-Business winner,
Paul Wilson, with a $50,000 grant for 'Template
Central', a do-it-yourself website for creating a wide range
of professional business communication materials such as brochures,
presentations and logos, regardless of the consumers level of expertise.
The E-Business award was introduced in an effort to encourage,
reward and recognise those small businesses embracing the online
market and provide to role model to small businesses.
State winners
 New
South Wales
Mary-Ann Danaher and Lynne Blundell
Café Bones
PO Box 476, Habberfield, NSW, 2045
Tel: 0414 272 456
Mary-Ann Danaher and Lynne Blundell from 'Café Bones' are
the New South Wales state winners. Café Bones is an outdoor
dog friendly café. The café offers food and beverages
for humans and a range of products and food for dogs. Products include
Pupaccino® and gourmet dog biscuits, Bone Bix®. The idea
is to tap into the strong bond that exists between humans and their
pets (in particular dogs).
Victoria
Rohan Ogier and Hillary Cresp
Email Backup Pty Ltd
5 Dell Road, Frankston, VIC, 3199
Tel: 03 9766 0260
Rohan Ogier and Hilary Cresp from Email Backup Pty Ltd took out
the Victorian state award for their idea, carboncopy, a service
that independently validates and archives outgoing e-mail. As e-mail
is sent from a client's office an independent copy is taken of the
message, including attachments and returned on CD for permanent
record. While waiting for the CD the e-mail is available via a password-protected
website for searching and forwarding messages.
Queensland
Dr Kirsten Price
Acral
Suite 5, 137A Flockton Street, Everton, QLD, 4053
Tel: 07 3353 8055
Kirsten Price from Acral Pty Ltd is the Queensland winner for 'NurseRight'.
The NurseRight System is a novel method to allow simple recognition
of mother and Infant pairs in a maternity unit setting. The System
involves the application of pairs of non-toxic, hypoallergenic temporary
skin transfers to mother and baby shortly after delivery. These
transfers last 5-7 days, a typical admission period. The product
is packaged so that no transfer will be repeated in the maternity
unit in an admission period.
South Australia
Tom Chapman
Tom Chapman Industrial Design
Woodlands Estate, Uraidla, SA, 5142
Tel: 08 8390 1779
Tom Chapman from Tom Chapman Industrial Design is the South Australian
state winner for his 'Mobility Aid'. The mobility aid was developed
for the elderly and the infirm that choose to live an independent
lifestyle. The design is based on a universal chassis that can be
built upon or transformed to make a range of mobility aids.
Western Australia
This year for the first time, we had a tie for the Western Australia
award. Brakeboard and The ENVIRO walk behind sand cleaner took out
the Western Australia award.
Benjamin Newman
Brakeboard
72 Cleopatra Street, Palmyra, WA 6157
Tel: 08 9319 8289
Benjamin Newman developed 'Brakeboard', a skateboard brake contained
within in the rear axle assembly (the truck), which can be attached
to the rear of any skateboard. The brake is activated by a foot
mechanism. The brake allows the rider to descend hills at a chosen
speed and to slow down to a controlled stop.
Domenic Sabatino
Beachcleaners International
16 Midas Road, Malacia, WA, 6090
Domenic Sabatino from Beachcleaners International designed 'The
ENVIRO Walk Behind sand cleaner', a small versatile beach / sand
cleaning machine. This product would be used to clean playgrounds,
sandpits, and other small areas.
Tasmania
Denis Grubb
JukesPlush Pty Ltd
Dennis Grubb form JukesPlus Pty Ltd is the Tasmanian state winner
for his 'Interactive Multimedia Jukebox'. JukesPlus is a start up
company established to develop and commercialise broadband interactive
multi media products, initially for the 'coin' operated amusement
industry. The initial project of JukesPlus is the commercialisation
of the 'Discovery' series of products. These comprise of a digital
downloading video juke box and multimedia enhancement which employ
broadband ADSL technologies to allow video streaming and two way
interactivity.
Australian Capital Territory
Yvette Leslie
ABM Electronic Engineering (Aust) Pty Ltd
Yvette Leslie from ABM Electronic Engineering (Aust) Pty Ltd is
the Australian Capital Territory winner for 'My Virtual Accountant'
(MVA). MVA is a web browser based Business Support System to support
small and medium sized businesses (SMEs) with their business and
financial affairs. This product provides them with a personalised,
real time online system for bookeeping, business health, business
improvement and financial planning.
Sheepvention 2001
Ian Geddes, winner of the 2001 Rural Innovation Awards for his invention
'Conserva-Tech No-Till Drill' will receive 12 months business mentoring
as part of the 2001 Yellow Pages® Business Ideas Grants program
to support innovative new business ideas. The 2001 rural innovation
awards are part of the annual Sheepvention trades show.
2001 National finalists
 Brakeboard
Benjamin Newman
Brakeboard is a braking system for skateboards.
Brakeboard is a brake contained within the rear axle assembly (the
'truck') which can be attached to the rear of any skateboard. The
brake is activated by a foot mechanism and allows the rider to descend
hills at a chosen speed and to slow down to a controlled stop. Brakeboard
is compatible with all existing skateboard types and is simple to
attach. It does not interfere with the standard use of skateboards
or the performance of jumps, tricks and grinds. It is affordable
and will be the first internal skateboard brake device on the market.
Intelligent Ideas and Concepts - Toe Stopper
Adrian Morgante
Toe Stopper has been developed as a safety device that attaches
to normal stirrup irons used in horse riding. Toe Stopper supports
the rider's foot in the correct riding and safety position.
This innovation prevents a rider's boot from becoming caught in
the stirrup iron should the rider be dislodged from the saddle.
It aims to prevent serious injury and death occurring from such
accidents.
 Mobile
Rescue Outpost
Jason Hinds
14 Erskine Road, Taren Point, NSW 2229
Tel: 02 9525 3358
Mobile Rescue Outpost is a mobile lifesaving unit to assist lifesavers.
It assists their service through the development of a mobile outpost
that will aid surveillance along the whole length of a beach while
providing the essential rescue equipment to a greater area. The
idea was developed in response to research that suggested a lifesaving
aid was required to assist in the development of a safer beach environment,
particularly during times of overcrowding.
Sabre - Himachal Helicopter Skiing
Roderick Mackenzie
GPO Box 2489V, Melbourne, VIC 3001
Tel: 03 9593 9853
This invention, Sabre, allows people to measure the strength of
snow accurately and fast. Snow strength measurement allows realistic
calculations of the probability of avalanche. Sabre is designed
to be a user-friendly, portable system that fits easily into a small
backpack. No device currently exists to do this.
Wingold - Trench Shield
Tony Geldart
GPO Box 391, Rosebud, VIC 3939
Tel: 03 5977 5700
The Life Guard Trench Shield provides a safe working environment
for people working in the underground construction industry, as
in sewerage workers, people installing stormwater drains, water
mains, gas services and electrical services.
Larger contractors usually use heavy equipment and the only equipment
on the market at present are steel trench shields with a starting
weight of 1.5 tons, which need to be lifted by large machinery.
The trench shield has been designed with these workers in mind to
deliver a lighter and cheaper alternative.
VINEtech
Neil Maisey
1/40 Jellico Drive, Scoresby, VIC 3179
Tel: 03 9763 4332
VINEtech is a new and unique Vine Trellis System designed for wine
companies and vineyards. Vineyard Trellis consists of wire strands
strung between rigid posts, which support the vine foliage and fruit.
The vine is trained to grow along the wires.
Existing Vine Trellis pose a number of problems for Wine Grape
Growers such as machine harvesting damage to trellis posts and inability
to remove fruit close to the posts. Also, the current installation
method is slow and laborious.
The VINEtech post is less expensive to install and produces more
fruit every year. It has been developed to improve the strength
of the post "in-ground" and modified the wire slots to
accommodate automated wire lifting machines.
A&B Hydroponics
Joe Agius
Lot 1, Cudgen Road, Cudgen, NSW 2487
Tel: 02 6674 1708
A&B Hydroponics have developed the first rotating vertical
hydroponic system. The rotating system is a new hydroponic system
that will produce crops such as strawberries in a more economically
and cost effective method than previously used. This proven technology
produces more kilograms of strawberries per square metre than ever
before and can be easily transformed for use in growing many other
crops such as lettuces, tomatoes, flowers, all herb varieties and
mushrooms.
Bosom Buddies
Jill Suppree
60 Paloma Street, East Bentleigh, VIC 3165
Tel: 03 9563 8019
Bosom Buddies have developed a range of well-conceived and designed
bras suitable for women who have had surgery for the treatment of
breast cancer.
The bras will be unique in that they will be fashionable, wearable
and most importantly lymphoedema friendly. The pricing and range
of current market products is disparate and provides an opportunity
to price to 'import replace' the products that are currently on
the market.
E-Business national finalists
Unity 4
Simon Strachan
PO Box 3120, Tamarama, NSW 2024
Tel: 02 9238 7608
Unity4 Teleservices has developed software to allow call centre
functionality through remote agents ie people working from home.
The software developed sits within a relational database. This
means that sophisticated reporting, callback, history and other
functions work seamlessly together.
Unity4 is not restricted by geographic area and due to the unique
technology and business model, they are able to deploy operators
in almost any country in the world.
Template Central
Paul Wilson
Template Central is a do-it-yourself web site for creating a wide
range of professional business communication materials including;
brochures, e-mails, forms, reports, newsletters, PowerPoint presentations,
logo design etc.
Template Central gives anyone from students and small business
operators to large corporations, the ability to create visually
rich projects, regardless of their level of expertise.
Xtreamlok
Vanessa Henderson
5/8 Miller Street, Murarrie, QLD 4172
Tel: 07 3390 0400
Securing applications against the professional pirate is becoming
a major problem for software vendors worldwide. The most effective
way to protect applications is to create human intervention in the
install process. This effectively means that during the installation
of an application, you are required to make a Tel call (or visit
a web page), to obtain a key to unlock the installation process.
Adding Xtreamlok will create a barrier around the installation
application so that professional software pirates cannot view the
original code of the application and figure out the decryption algorithms.
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