Residents thinking outside the box have created many life-changing innovations. From potentially lifesaving fire technology to a classier toilet experience, here are some of the Coast s biggest innovations for 2021.
World-first tech to make milk last 60 days Milk that stays fresh for 60 days may soon be a reality. Charlie Kidman, 7, Elizabeth Kidman, 4 and Lydia Oliver, 4. Picture: Megan Slade. A Sunshine Coast manufacturer is in the final stages of finetuning world-first technology to keep milk fresher for longer. Milk that stays fresh for 60 days will soon be a reality thanks to food-technology company Naturo. The company has produced trial batches of the long-life, fresh milk at its manufacturing plant in Coolum and is on track to finalise accreditation to sell domestically by late February.
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Subscriber only An innovative device created as a response to the 2019 Peregian fires has proven its worth. On Tuesday afternoon the camera detected a plume of smoke in Verrierdale, about 10kms west of where the camera was stationed. A fire detection camera located a small plume of smoke in Verrierdale, about 10kms west of where the camera is stationed. It was confirmed to be a planned permitted burn in a resident s backyard. However the speed at which the test camera picked up on the fire was great news for founder and company chief executive Christopher Tylor. It was a great day for us, he said.