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1 online resource (streaming video file) (27 min. 3 sec.) ; 163582801 bytes |
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Featuring ideas on how to enhance performance and improve athletic ability; simplify the process of attaching latches to doors; easily lift and position posts for installation.Hosted by James O'Loghlin, The New Inventors is bursting with the innovative and the imaginative, the unique and the unusual, the fantastic and the fascinating. Deciding the winner of these three inventions are: materials engineer Veena Sahajwalla, woodworker and teacher Richard Vaughan, and designer Alison Page. Inventions featured on the program: PELLERES - by inventor Mepi Faoagali from QLDAthletes and fitness enthusiasts alike can find a lot of equipment in the gym to build their strength and coordination. But what if you want to exercise outside of a gym environment, or don't want to pay exorbitant membership fees? Mepi Faoagali has experience in a lot of jobs where fitness and strength is essential, as a police officer, Rugby Union player, and occasionally as a bouncer in Brisbane. One day he became inspired to invent, when he was training with a broken thumb while wearing a fibreglass cast. He experienced the sensation of running faster with a slight weight on his forearm. Mepi decided to investigate this phenomenon, and consulted a bio-mechanics expert who was able to scientifically prove the benefits of adding weights to the forearm, leading Mepi to invent Pelleres.Pelleres is a performance enhancing device that improves athletic ability. As athletes train with the invention, speed, velocity and propulsion will improve. Users will almost immediately be able to run faster, jump higher, kick balls harder and throw further, just by wearing the device. By overloading the forearms with weights, stress is created and the body is forced to adapt by engaging the core. When these muscles are activated it creates increased core stability, which in turn makes the whole body stronger and more efficient.LATCHMATE - by inventor Ryan Harvey from WAWhen installing a latch for a door, a carpenter or locksmith has to trace the latch, chisel around the border, then chisel out the area of the latch hole to the desired depth. This process can eat up a lot of time if you're installing 20 latches per floor. The LatchMate is a combination tool that easily marks out and chisels latch holes in doors, eliminating splitting of doors and reducing up to two-thirds of the time taken. By simplifying the process, it results in significant savings in both labour and cost.POSTSTAY - by inventor Steve Ignatiadis from VICIf you are installing gate posts, foundation posts, or erecting a pergola, setting the posts in the ground at the right height and with the right alignment can be a real juggling act, especially if you're working on your own. PostStay is a versatile and reusable support system for installing posts into concrete footings. The invention is a galvanised steel brace that is fixed to the post before you put it into the hole, enabling a single operator to easily lift and position the post for installation |
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Closed captioning in English |
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Broadcast 2010-03-31 at 20:00:00 |
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Classification: G |
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Doors -- Equipment and supplies.
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Inventions.
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Physical fitness -- Equipment and supplies.
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Steel, Galvanized.
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Technological innovations.
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Queensland.
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Victoria.
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Western Australia.
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Streaming video
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Faoagali, Mepi, contributor
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Harvey, Ryan, contributor
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Ignatiadis, Steve, contributor
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O'loghlin, James, host
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Page, Alison, contributor
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Sahajwalla, Veena, contributor
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Vaughan, Richard, contributor
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