What has a robot got to do with coral reefs?  The answer might inspire you.  Coral Reefs.... they may be small, but they are mighty....  Without coral reefs, the world will die.  Even though these reefs cover less than 1% of the planet, they are imperative to humanity's survival.  This episode will explore what we know about coral reefs and the role they play in the planet's health.  We will consider some of humanity's impacts on these reefs and will examine some of the innovations which...

How did a machine of war evolve into the saviour of our oceans?  This answer will make you marvel at the strange evolution of innovation.  Submarines...  This episode will examine the evolution of submarines and how they have changed the course of history.  How a machine born in war has the potential to provide us the answers to save the world.  To move forward you need to understand what came before.  To learn from the mistakes made and innovate improvements.  The Innovation at Sea podcast...

A sea sponge can live how long?  And you can do WHAT with a sea snail?? These answers will amaze you.  This episode examines humanity’s research into the oceans for medicinal purposes and delves into marine bio-prospecting.  The world’s oceans remain mostly undiscovered.  The evolution of SCUBA has helped progress this, but a lot still remains to be explored.  To move forward you need to understand what came before.  To learn from the mistakes made and innovate improvements.  The Innovation...

Why do we even want to breath underwater?  The answer might delight you. As scuba diving technology has advanced, so too has humanity’s understanding and care of the oceans.  This episode tracks the development of humanity’s desire to breath and explore underwater.  From the first free divers trying to find the softest sea sponges, through to great innovations that allow scientists and explores to go deeper for longer.  The development of SCUBA equipment closely relates to humanity’s...

When did humanity start to care?  The answer might surprise you. Because, you see, humanity hasn’t always cared, understood or considered how our activity impacts the planet.  This episode tracks humanity’s evolution of caring.  From fighting over rights, through to the creation of marine parks, humanity has come a long way in their care for the planet and specifically it’s oceans.  To move forward you need to understand what came before.  To learn from the mistakes made and innovate...

To move forward you need to understand what came before. The Innovation at Sea podcast series will present to our future innovators what has taken place and while great and inspiring innovation has taken place, we need to do better as a society to protect this one Earth we have. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

How would society survive without the telephone? And how did the evolution of the telephone evolve essentially from 2 tins and a piece of wire, to the global mobile phone network we have now?  Rachel & Melanie take you on an exciting journey of discoveries and failures of the evolution of the phone that includes travel into the space, in the journey of how we have telephones today.  And in a world where there are more phones than there are people, what sort of strain does that put on our...

Power is all around you.  Electricity is naturally occurring in nature.  Humans have kind of always known this. But how does this power get out of nature and into your home? How is electricity really made?  Melanie and Rachel will share the evolution of power innovation, from the ancient Greeks through to the Queen of England and a real power struggle in America. They will make you wonder, next time you turn something on, how can you make electrical power better for our planet? 

Who invented the Television? How did they ever get moving images on the screen in the first place? What does the TV show us about our society? How can TV's be innovated in the future? The invention of the television changed the way in which families spent their time together, and even the way they orgainsed their homes. Living rooms, which once had chairs that faced towards each other, now all face the wall on which the television is situated. Through entertaining story telling of everyday...

Refrigerators are considered to be an absolute necessity in most homes, but still around 25% of people in the world do not have access. This episode will make you think about the impact fridges have had on society but also the damage it's caused to the planet. And we will ask you.... How could we innovate better? This episode is inspired by the United Sustainable Development Goals 5 (Gender Equality), 12 (Responsible Consumption & Production) and 13 (Climate Action)

The internet has done so much to advance society. We have come so far in such a short amount of time, but have you ever considered the IMPACT it's had on the environment? This episode will help you understand its innovation and how it could be better.

From the earliest times, people have needed to find ways of cleaning their clothes. Before washing machines, laundry was done by hand. It was backbreaking work that would usually take a whole day every week and often required multiple members of the household to assist. There are some who argue that by reducing the amount of time required to be spent on laundry, washing machines were one of the key creations that enabled women to enter the workforce in large numbers in the 20th Century. While...

Do you know the toilet? I mean REALLY know the toilet. Like, where was the first toilet? What did people do before they had a flush toilet? This episode will really introduce you to the toilet, how it has evolved society it's impact on the planet.

Idea Evolution tells the evolution stories of everyday items, wanting to inspire families to consider their impact on the environment and guide future innovators to put the planet first.