Innovators Assemble! The Future Makers Program Wants YOU [Video]

Every invention from cars to toasters with five settings and a defrost option, started with an idea and a problem to solve.

Now that technology is integrated into our lives more than ever before, wouldn’t it be great if we could use it to help one another? Thankfully, Optus and the Future Makers program have already thought of that.

The team at Optus are currently on the lookout for people or groups that have an innovative technology solution that could help young people. While fancy toasters are great, what Optus is looking for are tech ideas that can improve the employability, education, or wellbeing of disadvantaged youth (which tbh is just as good as fancy toasters, if not better).

Associate Director, Corporate Social Responsibility at Optus, Helen Maisano said,

“Australia is home to a strong community of start-ups and charities that have remarkable ideas for driving social change. We believe that by harnessing the power of technology and leveraging …