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Australian inventions that changed the world

By SH777
  • Electric Drill

    Electric Drill

    invented by Arthur James Arnot and William Brain
  • Artificial Pacemaker

    Artificial Pacemaker

    developed by Dr Mark Lidwill
  • Medical application of Penicillin

    Medical application of Penicillin

    Howard Florey purified Penicillin from a special strain of mould
  • Black box flight recorder

    Black box flight recorder

    invented by Dr David Warren
  • Permanent-crease clothing

    Permanent-crease clothing

    Developed by CSIRO
  • Plastic spectacle lenses

    Plastic spectacle lenses

    Released by Sola Optical
  • Inflatable escape slide and raft

    Inflatable escape slide and raft

    invented by Jack Grant
  • Permaculture

    Permaculture

    developed by Bill Mollison
  • Ultrasound Scanner

    Ultrasound Scanner

    Ausonics commercialised the ultrasound scanner
  • Triton workcentre

    Triton workcentre

    invented by George Lewin
  • Cochlear implant (bionic ear)

    Cochlear implant (bionic ear)

    invented by Professor Graeme Clark in 1970s, first implanted into patient in 1978
  • Racecam

    Racecam

    Introduced by Channel 7
  • Winged keel

    Winged keel

    invented by Ben Lexcen and made its first debut in 1983
  • Polymer bank notes

    Polymer bank notes

    Reserve Bank of Australia and CSIRO releases first plastic bank note
  • Wi-Fi technology

    Wi-Fi technology

    Developed by John O' Sullivan and the CSIRO
  • Frazier lens

    Frazier lens

    invented by Jim Frazier
  • Spray-on-skin

    Spray-on-skin

    patented by Fiona Wood
  • Google Maps

    Google Maps

    Lars and Jens Rasmussen, Neil Gordon, Stephen Ma developed the platform for google maps
  • Gardasil and Cervarix cancer vaccines

    Gardasil and Cervarix cancer vaccines

    invented by Professor Ian Frazer and Dr Jian Zhou
  • Tank-bred tuna system

    Tank-bred tuna system

    introduced by Hagen Stehr