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A university project group in Queensland Australia has won the national James Dyson Award for designing a measuring tape for visually impaired people. In a short video the team explain how the invention, named Macaron, works. watch it here...
A discussion has just launched on bespoken asking 'What's the one thing people often wrongly assume you can’t do?’ Answer here Find out if other people share the same experience as you.
And if you work in care or are considering it, revisit a classic bespoken moment when we spoke to four support workers to find out why they love their job.