Articles tagged ‘Inventors’.
By Marg Peck What an enjoyable way to spend a Friday morning … the CSC school canteen. There’s a palpable sense of fun and purpose, and th...
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A revolutionary source of funding is growing in the fertile technosphere of the internet and is now coming to Castlemaine. CI met with Mez Woodward re...
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Pathological consumption has become so normalised that we scarcely notice it. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 11 December 2012 There’...
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From local filmmaker, David Thrussell, of Faustus Films, on Vimeo. You’re going to love the local content and faces in this film! If you missed ...
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CI is hot! and we reopened comments. Ring those bells! And blow those whistles! Thirteen thousand visits to the site every week! In October, CI...
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By Hannah Kacir On the 20th of October, over 25 students and two teachers from Castlemaine Secondary College travelled to Melbourne to compete in the...
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This device combines CNC (computer numerical control) with a hand held router to over come the scale limits on CNC machining – that is the mater...
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Seventy years ago the Grampians were visible on the horizon from Point Cook, but now you can’t see them from a plane taking off at Tullamarine. Clea...
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A new design for wind generation from Saphon in Tunisia claims to be more efficient and less expensive to build. Inspired by sailboats and using hy...
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Josh Murdoch is a young man pursuing a dream. The Castlemaine Secondary College student is personalising his learning to take him to where he wants to...
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The classifieds software we use recently had an upgrade with significant structural change. Since then we have had a number of people who couldn’...
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Chris Rieger from Brisbane has combined two technologies for this project, the wireless power transfer is pretty impressive. Check out Chris’s w...
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No more hot mug marks on your furniture. Originally made for his own use and now funded by Kickstarter to go onto production. See the full story on ...
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Will it be the next big thing? Tata Motors of India thinks so. What will the oil companies do to stop it? It is an auto engine that runs on air. T...
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with Peter Cowman Saturday June 16th 2-5pm Living Architecture Centre, Yapeen, Castlemaine In this intensive Seminar participants can follow the entir...
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The Kyneton as Anything project has enjoyed massive community support since the idea became public in January and barely a day goes by without someone...
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Castlemaine resident Helena Read is jumping into international action with a pioneering new Primary school program called Jump Up. She has been invite...
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Last night the Maldon & District Community Bank® Branch (MDCB) distributed a record $239,000 in grants to community groups and organisations t...
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Wednesday night’s Community Wind Forum in Castlemaine Town Hall marked the last of six held across Mount Alexander Shire in the past three weeks...
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Is Fukushima’s Doomsday Machine About to Blow? By Mike Whitney April 19, 2012 “Information Clearing House” — Mounting troubles...
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Renowned architect, international teacher and director of the Living Architecture Centre, Peter Cowman will hold an eco-building seminar at Yapeen on...
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Mount Alexander Community Wind is hosting six Community Forums across the shire in April and May. These are an opportunity to hear more about the pr...
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A new computer is giving Australian cyclists the edge as they prepare to chase gold at the London Olympics. The small computer fitted beneath the bike...
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A prototype thermal system may have a big impact on the carbon footprint of buildings by pulling double duty as solar panels and moderating temperatur...
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By Sami Grover We need more trees in our cities. But our cities also need to become more like trees. It seems to me that the challenge of building com...
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Warning: this is one of those feel-good stories–and a very good one at that. The town of Cardigan, in Wales, was the centre of jean-making for y...
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Mount Alexander Sustainability Group (MASG) and Council are proud to be jointly hosting a sustainable house tour in Castlemaine on Saturday 25 Februar...
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Castlemaine Independent: available on iPhone/Smartphones. Simply go to your App store and grab a free RSS reader (for iPhones – ‘Free RSS ...
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That’s right. You’re in a large company. Over the past few weeks our readership has been rising rapidly, and the last couple of days we...
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By Jan ‘Yarn’ Wositzky I write about the pool/Western Reserve issue, but not to take a pro or anti position, or for that matter, any position at a...
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By Tim Preston Three new trends in product design show how the process of creating new products is shifting. As the previous CAD revolution (Computer ...
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It’s CI’s birthday! Two. How would you live without us? Let us know! Congratulate us. Conditions of congratulating us: 1. No hate bloggers...
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By Christian Monahan It’s mid-spring (apparently) and if you have a protected spot in the garden from our obligatory late frosts, then I sugges...
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By Andrew McKenna I was in a dilemma. I needed some timber to build a retaining wall in the back yard. I considered the possibilities: old redgum slee...
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The Bendigo Sustainability Group held the 2011 Inaugural Bendigo Sustainability Awards on Friday night, and Castlemaine’s usethings received Hig...
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