Sustainable Technology Competition held in association of The Inventors Association

Here is that opportunity to show off that technology and ideas you have put together that relate to renewable energy, energy efficiency and/or environment conservation and natural living. Whether it be a grey water recycling system, a water pump, an ingenious way to reuse materials or equipment in the garden, home or on the farmlet.

Aim of the competition

To share your ideas with others and to help others to reuse and recycle materials and equipment. Most importantly it is to have fun showing off the things you have made. There are thousands of good ideas generated every year all over the world by individuals, many of these are lost because it is difficult to effectively tell people about these ideas and to help them implement them. The competition is aimed at “backyard” type technology – things people make in general for their own or friends use.

In many ways our economic and political systems actually suppress the spread and use of ideas that don’t fit into the mainstream economic rationalist framework. Many ideas face a “Catch 22” senario whereby they will not be taken seriously because they are not commonly available and are not commonly available because they are not taken seriously.

So now here is your chance – the ideas don’t need to be serious, pretty or expensive although it may help – they should be ingenious, fun and sustainable in a broad sense.

Categories

“Bright Spark” Competition  - for primary school students and secondary school students. 

The Inventions may be a physical inventions or inventive ideas which may be conceptual and presented as a poster or similar.

Sustainable Technology Competition.  

A serious competition with a substantial prize. The best invention that fits the theme of the day - renewable energy, energy efficiency, environment conservation and sustainable living.

“Creations of the Brain” Competition.  

An on-the-day competition, open to anyone at the Fair with an inspired idea or concept - simply explain the your idea or concept on an competition form and put it in the box.

People's Choice

The public will vote for their favourite entry form all submitted entries.

Criteria for judging

• Materials or machinery recycled.
• Cost to produce, purchased/recycled materials, embodied energy used in production, type of energy used – high intensity electricity, gas or human energy, solar or wind power etc.
• Ease of production.
• Energy efficiency to run and energy saved by using your process rather than the existing technology.
• Efficacy, ease of maintenance and repair.
• Likely market in terms of the number of people who might use the idea.
• Ingenuity.
• Style, looks.
• Safety.

Prize

There will be a prize for the winner in each of the categories as outlined above, - to be determined but definitely really good!!!

Application Process

Applications must include a completed Application form available from http://www.perthsunfair.com.au/form_technology.htm

Example submissions

Water pump

Positive displacement pump runnning on 12 Volts DC. Suitable power source is a solar panel or battery charger. Designed for pumping grey water to a header tank so it can be distributed in a controlled fashion to selected plants in the garden.

Cost of materials, recycled wind screen wiper, scrap metal and reticulation pieces $ 5.00

Electricity Generator - Fun sliming, food preparation and fitness device

Keep slim and fit whilst you mix your own fruit juice or milk shake. Burn those calories off before you consume them. Fun, Exciting and Exhilerating whilst reducing carbon dioxide emisssion. This device uses a recycled Fisher and Pykle washing machine motor from a broken washing machine and a few simple modifications and a disused exercise bike.

Cost of materials, $ 10.00