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Arthur James Arnot (an electrical engineer). In 1889, Arthur James Arnot, with his colleague William Brain, patented the first electric drill. Although, it was a long way away from the portable technologies used today. -
Australian doctor Mark Lidwill and psychist Edgar Booth. Electronic pacemakers send a small electric charge to the heart to regulate its beat. Nowadays, over 3 million rely on this device to regulate their heart pulse.
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Australian Scientist Howard Florey. The scientist Howard Florey purified penicillin from a strain of mould. This penicillin became popular, quickly, in World War 2, for its efficacy against common bacterial infections.
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David Warren. Black Box Flight Recorder, although it's is in international orange, is used to record conversations and sound that help investigators identify and fix the problems within the aircraft. -
In 1957, CSIRO developed a process called Si-Ro-Set which uses chemicals to permanently alter the structure of wool fibres so they can be set with heat. -
SOLA Optical, in 1960, released its first scratch-resistant plastic lens for glasses. This technology had pioneered a new branch in optical industry. -
In 1965, Jack Grant, an employee of Qantas, invented the inflatable aircraft escape slide, which is now mandatory safety equipment on all major airlines. -
Professor Graeme Clark invented the first bionic ear in Melbourne university in the 1970s. Although, the first prototype was planted in a person in 1978. -
Bill Mollison. Permaculture a concept that uses a natural approach to designing self-sufficient human settlements and agricultural systems.
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From 1959 onwards, the now Ultrasonic Institute had discovered a property of ultrasound - bouncing off soft tissues. They had also discovered a way to convert these ultrasound signal into TV images. The first ever ultrasound scanner was commercialised in 1976 by Ausonics. -
In 1976, a 27-year-old television journalist named George Lewin appeared on ABC TV’s The Inventors program with his new invention, the Triton Workcentre. -
In 1979, Channel 7 introduced live television broadcasting from racing cars, allowing viewers to watch the race from the driver’s perspective. Nowadays, it is widely used in other racing sports such as skiing, basketball and cricket. -
John Bertrand, Ben Lexcen and Alan Bond. Although it is not clear of the very invention date but the winged keel made it debut in 1983. -
David Solomon. The Polymer bank notes were developed by the combined effort of CSIRO and the Reserve Bank of Australia, in the 1980s. -
John O’ Sullivan and the CSIRO developed Wi-Fi technology. Wi - Fi technology was invented when John and his colleagues at CSIRO were looking for faint echoes of black holes. -
Fiona Melanie Wood. The spray-on skin is created by taking samples from the healthy skin of a victim. The spray-on skin is then sprayed on the burns' victims to cure their burnt skin.
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In 1993, Australian inventor Jim Frazier’s deep-focus lens was patented in the United States. His innovative lens allowed for both the subject and background to be in focus at the same time. Jim won an Academy Award in 1998 for his contribution. -
Neil Gordon and Stephen Ma. This magnificent invention is used by almost all the population. It was originally invented by a small start-up company after it was bought by google in 2004. -
Brisbane-based medical researchers Professor Ian Frazer and Dr Jian Zhou developed the world’s first anti-cancer vaccine in 2006. -
In 2008, German-born but South Australian-based Hagen Stehr may have saved the southern blue fin tuna from extinction. The clean-seas system fools the tuna in a tank into thinking they are swimming out of the Australian Bight and into their breeding grounds.
