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Australia’s Top 10 Inventions: The Honourable Mentions

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To celebrate Australia Day last week, we took a look at the top 10 inventions Australia has given to the world. But narrowing the list down to just 10 was a difficult task. So today we’re going to have a quick look at some of the runners-up.

January 28, 2011
Science

Australia’s Top 10 Inventions: Wireless LAN

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To celebrate Australia Day this week, we’re looking at some of the best inventions to ever come out of our sunburnt country. Today, we pay homage to Dr John O’Sullivan, who’s work at the CSIRO helped create the technology behind wireless LAN, giving people all over the world the joy of connected devices without a cord.

Science

Australia’s Top 10 Inventions: The Cochlear Implant

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To celebrate Australia Day this week, we’re looking at some of the best inventions to ever come out of our sunburnt country. Today, we pay homage to Graeme Clark, who has dedicated half his life to giving deaf people the gift of hearing through his cochlear implant invention.

January 27, 2011
Science

Australia’s Top 10 Inventions: Ultrasound

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To celebrate Australia Day this week, we’re looking at some of the best inventions to ever come out of our sunburnt country. Today, we pay homage to David Robinson and George Kossoff, who helped give every expecting parent the joy of being able to see their unborn child through the wonder of Ultrasound.

Gadgets

Australia’s Top 10 Inventions: The Artificial Pacemaker

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To celebrate Australia Day this week, we’re looking at some of the best inventions to ever come out of our sunburnt country. Today, we pay homage to Dr Mark C Lidwill, who alongside physicist Edgar H Booth created the world’s first artificial pacemaker.

January 26, 2011
Gadgets

Australia’s Top 10 Inventions: The Victa Lawn Mower

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To celebrate Australia Day this week, we’re looking at some of the best inventions to ever come out of our sunburnt country. Today, we pay homage to Mervyn Victor Richardson, who made the menial job of mowing grass faster and easier for people around the world with his two stroke Victa lawnmower.

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Australia’s Top 10 Inventions: The Hills Hoist

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To celebrate Australia Day this week, we’re looking at some of the best inventions to ever come out of our sunburnt country. Today, we pay homage to Lance Hill, who created one of the country’s most recognisable icons, the Hills Hoist clothesline .

January 25, 2011
Cars

Australia’s Top 10 Inventions: The Ute

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To celebrate Australia Day this week, we’re looking at some of the best inventions to ever come out of our sunburnt country. Today, we pay homage to Lewis Bandt, who responded to the request of a farmer’s wife to create the world’s first ute.

Gadgets

Australia’s Top 10 Inventions: The Electric Drill

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To celebrate Australia Day this week, we’re looking at some of the best inventions to ever come out of our sunburnt country. Today, we pay homage to Arthur James Arnot, who used his knowledge of electricity to create the world’s first electric drill.

January 24, 2011
Gadgets

Australia’s Top 10 Inventions: The Black Box Flight Recorder

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To celebrate Australia Day this week, we’re looking at some of the best inventions to ever come out of our sunburnt country. Today, we pay homage to David Warren, who completely changed aviation safety by creating the Black Box flight recorder.

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