News from Lighthouse Business Innovation Centre

·         To complement, build upon, and promote the excellent National Public Toilet Map website currently maintained by the Department of Health and Aging;
·         To keep information on the condition and quality of facilities at public toilets as current as possible, and enable people to share this information in an informal way;
·         To make toilets easier to find by linking them to the Google Street View facility, providing up-to-date street-level views in and around the toilet location; and
·         To address a very real need in society to better assist those in the community for whom the availability of clean, accessible and well-functioning toilets is a matter of the utmost importance.

JobsDoneNetwork:
Jobs Done Network is a social network that connects volunteers with people who need jobs done. It is a site for individuals who are willing to offer their time and services to those in need. Jobs Done Network was born over a weekend at the Innovation Centre, University of Canberra. The Jobs Done Network team is made up of individuals from various backgrounds and experience, ranging from marketing and finance to technology and legal.

HereNThen:
The hereNthen website enables its users to search tweets made in and about their current surroundings on their mobile phone, or on their computer. It also sorts these messages into a timeline to help present up to date and interesting information.

Users can also leave messages about their current location for future users to read. Users will use the site because they can read tweets that will enliven their current surroundings. A user may be bored: be waiting for a bus or sitting in a conference, for example. A user may simply want word of mouth recommendations and ideas from tweeters about their current surroundings. Either way, since Tweets have unlimited subject matter they might discuss a celebrity citing, review a restaurant in the area, or point out anything of interest to the user. It will alleviate boredom or provide useful information that the user seeks about their current surroundings.

8What:
Do you have some ingredients and do not know what to make? Do you only have 15 minutes and do not know what to make? Then you go to www.8what.com to find out the answer!

You may not realize the 8what website makes possible the preparation of meals, including original creations in a timely fashion. But the site also makes possible the preparation of meals using different ingredients often in a speedier fashion. Certainly these are great features for users!

Family Wrap:

As a small child, receiving Christmas and birthday presents was probably the highlight of your year. The gift-wrapped boxes hid all kinds of exciting treasures, and no amount of shaking and prodding could reveal their secrets. However, you quickly came to fear the soft, malleable parcel from Aunty Betty that was bound to contain yet another purple skivvy.

While your local Op Shop probably benefits from the gift recycling that occurs with unwanted gifts, we thought it would be better to avoid the embarrassment and waste in the first place. FamilyWrap was formed to banish unsuitable gifts forever.

They do this by allowing Mums and Dads to share details about their children's likes, dislikes, and clothing sizes, with those well intentioned Aunties, Uncles, Grandparents and other gift givers.

To view photos and the blog from the event, Click Here