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November 2018
Featuring new ideas on how to make mulch retrieving easy; working on roofs safe; a water bottle that lasts with minimal impact on the environment.
Featuring new ideas on how to update your skates for the 21st century; grasp the future of simulation training; easily fit temporary and permanent downpipes.
Featuring new ideas on how to repair road surfaces faster and at a third of the cost; scaffold safety all the time; and build a cleaner environment.
A special episode featuring new ideas on how to design a bushfire smart house; solve a problem before it's a disaster; predict a safer future; and accommodate animals affected by a disaster.
October 2018
Featuring new inventions to keep you safe at sea; cut down on scissor stress; and keep wandering bins where they belong.
Featuring new ideas on how to transport a surfboard more easily; maintain road surfaces with one machine instead of two; and keep your coffee extra fresh.
Showcases the art of invention and design in a national competition celebrating Australian ingenuity. Presented by James O'Loghlin.
Featuring new ideas on how to make a quick escape when you're in a tight spot; get peace of mind with the press of a button; and straighten street signs without the strain.
New ideas for trimming forests; ensuring fresh food; and a better cricket bat. The panel includes engineer James Bradfield Moody; designer and inventor Sally Dominguez; and surgeon and inventor Professor Fiona Wood.
March 2017
Judges decide the top five inventions from the 29 individual episode winners. Witness the heated exchanges and discussions as they whittle down to the top five inventions. (Final)
Featuring new ideas on the future of electricity; keeping concrete panels locked up tight; compact caravans which are small to tow and stow but spacious and comfortable inside.
The Bright Sparks Special brings together some of the most forward thinking young people from around the country to present their fantastic inventions. Judges this week are three previous Bright Sparks inventors.
Featuring new ideas on how to provide telecommunications systems where phone infrastructure has been destroyed; secure knots for tying hooks and lures to fishing lines; measure a patient's joint angles to assess their injury.
Featuring new ideas on easy storage and retrieval of rowboats; eliminating noise and enhancing flexibility when towing a caravan; fitness equipment which can be used by anyone.
Featuring new ideas on a removable motor for your bush bike; an amplifier that fits onto an acoustic guitar so your solos will never go unheard again; using acoustics to capture deadly particles in diesel exhaust.
Featuring new ideas on a surfer's dream board; how to deliver oysters to your restaurant table as well as infusing them with flavours; get your tent up in no time.
Featuring a container that is edible and biodegradable; how to create aerosol paint with a smooth coverage; biofeedback device to encourage stroke patients to shift more of their weight onto their affected side.
A cooking special featuring Poh Ling Yeow, Matthew Evans and Margaret Fulton who will be casting their gaze over three new food-related inventions.
Featuring new ideas to allow pools to hibernate in peace; improve emergency exit ladders in underground mines; quickly and easily install new vineyard trellis posts.
Featuring new ideas to help amateur guitar players imitate the masters; help electricians to wire buildings in half the usual time; light up the lives of the world's poorest people.
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