Adelaide
The Plate That Swallows Your Food
Adelaide : March 24, 2005
The Plate That Swallows Your Food is an amazing plate invented by Grade 4 from Parkside Primary School.
This plate is made of a very light metal and is dishwasher proof.
It can sense your feelings because it has a sensor with a laser that points to you.
There is also a special tank underneath where all the food gets placed into and it mulches the food up. This is then taken to the garden and used as fertiliser.
The plate is robotic, has wheels and it can automatically take the scraps to the garden for you.
It comes with a built in microwave that keeps the food warm for you.
The plate has a robotic mouth that takes in all the food you don't like.
It can sense when the food is gone and it can give you lollies when it's all gone.
There's no room for zuchini, anchovies and brussel sprouts on this plate.
The plate comes with back straps so you can carry it anywhere you like.
The Plate That Swallows Your Food is a fantastic way to turn your leftover food into new food that grows in the garden.
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The Room of Underwater Paradise
The Room of Underwater Paradise by Grade 3 at Parkside Primary School is a medium size room that is made out of seaweed, and strong invisible metal. This allows us to watch the ocean creature and so the creatures can see us.
There is a lounge chair and a water bed inside so that we will be comfortable watching the ocean. There is also a big screen TV for us to watch.
Around the outside is a mesh cage to keep the sharks away.
There are rocket jets that allow us to move the room around the ocean and air tanks attached so that we can breathe.
There is a satalite dish on a robotic arm attached to our room so that we can get a signal to communicate with the outside world.
There is a little boat tied to the room so we can travel back to shore and everybody who visits the Underwater Room wears a special suit that helps them breath underwater.
It is such a fantastic place to stay that you might not want to ever live on land again!
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Flying Wings
These are very special wings invented by Grade 2 students from Parkside Primary School.
These wings have webbing, like ducks feet and are made from sticks and paper. There is also foam and plastic in there for extra strength.
They attach to your arms by placing them through special sticks, and special arm holes.
There is a radio and TV that appear on the wings. It also has hover propellers.
There is a little personal fan for really hot days to keep you cool and a special food machine that is handy for when we need something to eat.
The wings are solar powered and they have back up batteries.
They also come with a little fold up bed for when you get tired from flying.
The wings have a water hose for the environment as well.
Just imagine all the great places and fun you could have when flying around using our Flying Wings!
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The Kid-o-Matic
Adelaide : March 23, 2005
The Kid-o-Matic is an invention from Grade 4/5 students at North Adelaide Primary School.
The Kid-o-Matic is a kids-only sports car that can vary in size. It has a stereo a DVD player and a fridge. The car also has electronic games on board.
In the boot there is a small pool that comes out for hot weather days
The car has an electronic map with cruise control and a GPS device which uses a satelite to gain its signal.
The car runs on solar power and has batteries that charge up.
The Kid-o-Matic turns into a submarine and with the touch of a button it can take you anywhere in the world.
With some new wheels like the Kid-o-Matic, kids everywhere will be able to cruise around in syle!
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The Parent Controller - 'The Parent Game'
The Parent Controller by Grade 3 students from North Adelaide Primary School, is a small box with a plug and wires attached.
It has a little computer with a screen so you can see what they are doing. It tracks them with a small tracking device you attach to them or put in their pocket.
It has four wheels so it can move around and you control it with a remote control that looks just like the TV remote. The remote control also has a screen that you can watch TV on.
If your parents touch the controller, it makes them forget by using a small electric shock.
There is a special speaker that you can talk into and when your parents hear you're voice, they do what ever you tell them.
The controler glows in the dark and if you lose it, you can call it on the phone and it tells you where it is so you never lose it.
Our parent controller will mean that we never have to clean our room ever again!
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The Laptop Guitar
This invention by Grade 2 from North Adelaide Primary School is terrific!
It's a laptop that can change in size.
It can invent new letters of the alphabet that can turn into music.
It has some big speakers on the side. There is also a TV that flips out of the side.
It actually hovers for you as well, it has jets that are underneath the bottom.
You can play the guitar and do your homework at the same time.
There is also a seat that comes out of the laptop and it has a robot arm that assists you to do a number of things.
It produces games for you so you do not need to buy them.
It also comes with a teleporter that transports you to different places.
The best thing about this laptop is that it has a barbeque that comes out of the side.
With the Laptop Guitar, you'll be able do your homework, play some music and never be hungry again!
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Welcome to Adelaide, SA
Adelaide : January 13, 2005
Fine food, great wine, a sense of history and the good life can all be found in the elegant City of Adelaide the capital of South Australia and home to more than a million people.
Adelaide is a feast in every way. In fact it’s said there are more restaurants per head of population here than anywhere else in Australia. Adelaide is also where much of the Aussie cuisine delighting the world is being created.
Offices here are just as likely to be housed in gracious Victorian or Edwardian structures as in modern towers, and colonial-era homes are lovingly preserved their verandas and Adelaide lace ironwork intact. Cafes and designer boutiques reside in buildings of a bygone era.
In 1836 Colonel Light laid out the City in a grid pattern, interspersed with Squares, and surrounded by a garland of Park Lands. Although there have been some changes, that City is what you see today.
Every two years, the Adelaide Festival of Arts and the Festival Fringe bring the City a world-class extravaganza of cultural delights these and other festivals dotted throughout the year, give Adelaide its title as the "Festival City".
North Terrace is a boulevard of galleries and museums, flowing into the serene, green Botanic Gardens. Rundle Street runs parallel, lined with cafes, bars and restaurants the bustling hub of the East End.
You can shop at leisure in Rundle Mall, take in the enticing tastes and smells of the Central Market and at the end of the day, enjoy the stimulating nightlife of Hindley Street and the West End.
You’re just 20 minutes from the tranquillity of the Adelaide Hills to the east, while a selection of superb sandy beaches, including Glenelg, awaits to the west.
Adelaide is the wine capital of Australia six out of the top 10 Australian wines are made within a few hours’ drive of the City.
Adelaide offers a relaxed yet sophisticated City environment for residents and visitors alike the perfect gateway to South Australia’s many and varied attractions.
Information provided by the Adelaide City Council
Pictured Robert Hill-Ling on the cover of the 2004 Adelaide White Pages® directory
Theme: ‘Our Innovators’
After returning from the war in 1945, Lance Hill made the first Hill's Hoist for his wife whose washing kept falling down. Pictured is his nephew Robert Hill Ling, chairman of Hills Industries.
Initially developed in his shed in the Adelaide suburb of Glenunga, Hills Hoists are used to dry clothes in the backyard of more than five million homes in Australia.
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