090: Great Aussie Inventions. 13 Technology Advances from Australia
Channel: The Tech Doctor Network
Date: 2020-02-01

In this episode, we look at 13 Technology Advances made Down Under

Much of the technology behind WiFi was created by CSIRO.

Danish brothers Lars and Jens Rasmussen developed the platform for Google Maps in Sydney in the early 2000s

Product Activation was patented by Ric Richardson of Sydney to allow digital distribution of his software.

Plastic/Polymer Banknotes were developed by the Reserve Bank of Australia and CSIRO in the 1980s

The Black Box Flight Recorder was invented by Australian scientist Dr David Warren

Australian doctor Mark Lidwill and physicist Edgar Booth developed the first artificial pacemaker in the 1920s.

Professor Graeme Clark invented the first bionic ear (cochlear implant) at Melbourne University in the 1970s – the first prototype was implanted in a person in 1978.

In 1889, Australian electrical engineer Arthur James Arnot patented the world’s first electric drill with his colleague William Brain. The invention was originally designed to drill rock and dig coal.

Ben Lexcen, an Australian yachtsman and marine architect, invented the winged keel for the yacht Australia II, which won the 1983 America’s Cup.

In 1960 Sola Optical released the first scratch-resistant plastic lens for glasses.

In 1965 Jack Grant, an employee of Qantas, invented the inflatable aircraft escape slide, which is now mandatory safety equipment on all major airlines.

In 1979, Channel 7 introduced live television broadcasting from racing cars, allowing viewers to watch the race from the driver’s perspective. Today the Racecam has been adapted to fit other sporting events such as snow skiing, basketball and cricket.

In 1902, J.A. Birchall of Birchalls, a Launceston, Tasmania-based stationery shop, decided that the cumbersome method of selling writing paper in folded stacks of ‘quires’ (four sheets of paper or parchment folded to form eight leaves) was inefficient. As a solution, he glued together a stack of halved sheets of paper, supported by a sheet of cardboard, creating what he called the ‘Silver City Writing Tablet’ – the first notepad.

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