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Electric Drill
invented by Arthur James Arnot and William Brain -
Artificial Pacemaker
developed by Dr Mark Lidwill -
Medical application of Penicillin
Howard Florey purified Penicillin from a special strain of mould -
Black box flight recorder
invented by Dr David Warren -
Permanent-crease clothing
Developed by CSIRO -
Plastic spectacle lenses
Released by Sola Optical -
Inflatable escape slide and raft
invented by Jack Grant -
Permaculture
developed by Bill Mollison -
Ultrasound Scanner
Ausonics commercialised the ultrasound scanner -
Triton workcentre
invented by George Lewin -
Cochlear implant (bionic ear)
invented by Professor Graeme Clark in 1970s, first implanted into patient in 1978 -
Racecam
Introduced by Channel 7 -
Winged keel
invented by Ben Lexcen and made its first debut in 1983 -
Polymer bank notes
Reserve Bank of Australia and CSIRO releases first plastic bank note -
Wi-Fi technology
Developed by John O' Sullivan and the CSIRO -
Frazier lens
invented by Jim Frazier -
Spray-on-skin
patented by Fiona Wood -
Google Maps
Lars and Jens Rasmussen, Neil Gordon, Stephen Ma developed the platform for google maps -
Gardasil and Cervarix cancer vaccines
invented by Professor Ian Frazer and Dr Jian Zhou -
Tank-bred tuna system
introduced by Hagen Stehr
