IDEAS CLUB ( BENDIGO )

www.inventorvic.com.au

The Inventors Association of Australia (Vic) 30 Reids Lane Warranwood Vic 3134 Phone President on 0418538604 Email: [email protected]

Thanks to our Patent Attorney Alex Tzanidis Davies Collison Cave 1 Nicholson Street Wed. March 6th Melbourne VIC 3000 Australia 2013 P: 03 9254 2777 F: 03 9254 2770 45 Miller Cres. For his excellent tutorial for our members Mount Waverley E: [email protected] Our February meeting was another a good start with 11 new visitors which is cracker of an evening with Alex Tzani‐ the most at any meeting for approxi‐ dis helping inventors from 6.30pm to mately 5 years and we thank all those 7.20pm in their understanding of pat‐ who came and hope to see you again. ents and other intellectual property. Meetup social media has contributed strongly and all were quite young which begins to fulfill our aim of lowering the average age of the association members without culling those at the top end! Our new audio/visual equipment made a difference to the enjoyment of the eve‐ ning which was setup and tested before hand. The microphone worked extremely well through the speaker and we even had music before starting. All visitors were informed that our pat‐ ent tutorials are free and that if they had any general inventing questions or Videos For wanted to know more about the associa‐ Inventors tion that they could identify the commit‐ tee members by their black badges and GARY HEGEDUS PRODUCTIONS to speak to them. www.ghproductions.com.au Inventor of the Year winner Proud sponsor of the IAA VIC. 56 Smedley Road Park Orchards Vic. The Inventor‐of‐the‐Year trophy was dis‐ 3144 played and we asked Marcus McLeod to Email [email protected] Well done and thanks Alex! come up for congratulations as the pre‐ Videos are one of the most useful sent winner with his smart phone video tools for the inventor wanting to ad- 11 New Visitors vertise or launch a product. They can crane BoomBandit. be sent via email, opened in web- Our meeting was chaired by Peter sites and played on laptop com- We have begun to enter all visitors, puters or ipads. O’Shannessy President and it got off to Tel: 98762860 Mob: 0408 994 040 From Idea to Product then Business Plan to Investor Take your business to the next level with Videos sell! BusinessPlans.com.au Proud sponsor of the IAA Vic Call Nigel Catt for special offers to IAA Vic members on 1300 630 330 members, speakers and others who attend our meetings into the new database so that we will have good records of attendances and we will be more easily able to look up past speakers or attorneys. As part of that system we want to eventually list all inven‐ tions and the genre of those inventions too. We are also considering how to develop an Inventor School or Inventor Boot Camp to get inventors off on the right foot. These informal courses could include 3D cad drawing, prototype making, different types of manufacturing tech‐ niques, business planning, market research skills and they would be run by experienced members with specialist sup‐ port where required. As part of that process we would try to develop a list of companies that the members have used for a range of ser‐ vices as a quick guide to where to go. Of course this would Archie thought immediately of a wall mounted Christmas be at the member’s risk because we cannot recommend tree made from synthetic grass which would give the ef‐ businesses, but we can make it easier for members to find fect of a real tree. suppliers. Archie pursued the Christmas tree idea and through a cli‐ A webpage for all ent met up with a guy who had been dealing with a All members are reminded that they are entitled to have a Shanghai source over the last ten years. With the knowl‐ webpage about their invention (each invention) on our edge of this contact Archie busily made many prototypes website and if they have a video to have that on our You‐ before achieving the shape and sizes that he was happy Tube channel. The website is www.inventorvic.com.au and with. the Youtube channel is http://www.youtube.com/user/ He mailed it off to China full of excitement and weeks inventorvic. later Archie and a friend were on a flight to Shanghai Peter promised to send an email to members requesting China, to see the progression of the Christmas tree and their invention information. Keywords are important with webpages and this was explained briefly. One Minute Christmas Tree Archie Grogan was introduced as our Inventor‐Of‐The‐Year competition presenter with his great idea the “One Minute Christmas Tree” which is wall mounted to save space, looks great, has its own lights and folds neatly into a flat box. He had us time him while he opened the box, unfolded it, placed the star on top and hung it on the wall—total 45 seconds! Archie has run his plastering company for many years, but it was always his dream to be an Inventor. Does that sound familiar anyone? He got the Christmas tree idea while he and his wife Eve were renovating houses and Archie was installing the syn‐ thetic grass in the backyard. A Christmas Carol came on the radio at the same time that he was thinking to himself how grass technology had gotten better over the past few years, and a previous idea of Archie’s came rushing back into his mind! He started to think about last Christmas, where he had to put child safety gates around the perimeter of the Christ‐ mas Tree, because his two year old son would pull at the tree, the decorations, electrical lights, leads and tamper with the power point! How many of us have had a similar problem? grass. His Chinese manufacturing contact had organised And for every problem, there is a solution for an inventor! meetings with wire manufactures, LED light manufactures rated. This is also an outdoor decoration because the battery case, frame and grass are all water proof so you can have more than one tree in your home. Archie points out that it only takes one minute to disman‐ tle the Christmas Tree, store it in its flat box and there are no pine needles to clean up or tree to dispose. Archie thinks his markets will include apartments, hotels, homes, nursing homes, hospitals, young families, schools, and pre schools plus other institutions worldwide. Good luck Archie we hope you do very well and we look forward to seeing your presentation at the Christmas Party awards. Our 3D Printer now prints rubber Ray Rabanin informed us that the IAA(Vic) 3D Printer can now print in flexible rubber. If a member has a 3D draw‐ ing they can have a prototype printed in ABS plastic for much lower cost than elsewhere and now in rubber. The cost of the prototype varies because solid objects can be printed hollow to save costs of material, but they can generally be produced for $100 to $300. Gary Hegedus Productions

and grass manufacturers. While at the grass manufacturer where Archie finalized his custom made grass, he ordered a huge minimum quantity of grass to make up the five sizes of Christmas trees and had the other 95% shipped over to Australia where he started up a synthetic grass/landscaping business “ De‐ signer Grass” with the slogan “ Transforming Your Exte‐ rior”. After coming back from China Archie realized that it wouldn’t be ready for the 2012 Christmas season which gave him the opportunity to file a patent on the wall‐ mounted Christmas tree, and he has trademarked the “1 MINUTE CHRISTMAS TREE” and copyrighted the slogan Gary who is a sponsor of the IAA(Vic) gave us a fascinat‐ “Giving You a TREEMENDOUS time” , well done Archie. ing presentation of animated video which anyone can Here are some of the benefits which are worth consider‐ use to advertise their product. ing: One of the ways to do it is to use www.xtranormal.com a We have to agree with Archie that this Christmas tree free movie program that turns your dialog into a movie. saves space in your home, prevents having to rearrange Gary showed us one that he had made about his own furniture, it is child safe out of their reach and pet safe company which was very entertaining. too. There is also no mess, it is simple to mount with self adhesive hooks or an existing picture frame hook and Before helping us with practical tips Gary showed us an‐ takes only one minute to set up! other of his creations where he hired an artist and did a series of drawings. The two hours it took to produce It is one of the lightest and most compact Christmas trees them was condensed to a two minute video with Adobe on the market so there is no heavy lifting. Elements and then he did a voiceover to complete the Another problem solved is that you do not have to set it video. All the video shots were of the whiteboard where up close to a power point because the lights are battery the animations continually changed. operated. That means no leads, tangled lights or safety To help us with our own videos which Gary encouraged hazard, it is always ready to go at the flick of its switch us‐ us to take he had a number of tips. The first was lighting ing environmentally friendly LED lights and it is pre deco‐ where he showed us that bouncing the light off the roof In the revolution of miniature computers, scientists have produced a better image than if it was to one side of the made great developments with Bluetooth technology. person in the video. He also demonstrated how a separate mike to record the sound was usually better than using the sound mic of the recording camera. This could reduce ech‐ oes substantially and even‐out the sound. YouTube has had over a trillion views because video is so popular and Gary advises us to use it to our advantage. YouTube even has shake repair to even out a video where the operator moved the camera too much while filming. Another way to use video is with Animoto, a free program that will make a video out of your snapshots and you can add small video clips in there too. Anything is possible it seems with the lowliest of material so if you want to save money and do a video cheaply see Gary—his details are on the front page. The meeting ended with Problem Corner, our “chook” raf‐ fle and supper afterwards. This is the forthcoming computer you can carry within Look what is coming next to the world of inventions your pockets. Can you guess what these are? Top U.S. innovation award for Indian‐American inventor of Lasik surgery for eye‐sight correction A renowned Indian‐American inventor at IBM, Rangas‐ wamy Srinivasan, has been nominated by U.S. President Barack Obama for the prestigious National Medal of Tech‐ nology and Innovation. Along with Mr. Srinivasan, President Obama named 12 eminent researchers as recipients of the National Medal of Science and 10 extraordinary inventors for the National Medal of Technology and Innovation, the highest honours bestowed by the U.S. government upon scientists, engi‐ neers, and inventors. The recipients will receive their awards at a White House They are powerful computers where the images are pro‐ ceremony in early 2013. jected from the pens In 1981, Mr. Srinivasan discovered that an ultraviolet exci‐ mer laser could etch living tissues in a precise manner with no thermal damage to the surrounding area. He named the phenomenon Ablative Photo Decomposition (APD). According to his profile on the Hall of Fame web‐ site, Mr. Srinivasan and his co‐inventors ran tests using the excimer laser and a conventional, green laser to etch organic matter. They discovered that while the green laser produced rough incisions, damaged by charring from the heat, the excimer laser produced clean, neat incisions. In 1983, he collaborated with an ophthalmic surgeon to develop APD to etch the cornea. It resulted in a procedure to correct vision known today as Lasik surgery. Since the introduction of Lasik, millions of people have taken advan‐ tage of this procedure that reduces dependency on cor‐ rective lenses. Inducted into the U.S. “Inventor Hall of Fame” in 2002, Mr. Srinivasan has spent 30 years at IBM’s T.J. Watson These are miniature computers in pens that project images Research Center. He has 21 U.S. patents under his name and can be used anywhere. This is what will replace your and received both his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in computer in the future. science from the University of Madras, in 1949 and 1950. He earned doctorate in physical chemistry at the University like bubble wrap to us. The company claims that the de‐ of southern California in 1956. sign gives the foot a free and natural range of motion, enabling all the appropriate muscles to become involved “I am proud to honour these inspiring American innova‐ in the running process. In effect, it encourages a more tors,” President Obama said, adding: “They represent the balanced and natural running stride, decreases the chance ingenuity and imagination that has long made this nation great, and they remind us of the enormous impact a few good ideas can have when these creative qualities are unleashed in an entrepreneurial environment.” The National Medal of Technology and Innovation was cre‐ ated by statute in 1980 and is administered for the White House by the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Patent and Trademark Office. The award recognises those who have made lasting contributions to America’s competitiveness and quality of life and helped strengthen the nation’s tech‐ nological workforce. The National Medal of Science was created in 1959 and is administered for the White House by the National Science Foundation. for injury, and increases stamina and speed. Leguano socks with bubble soles Frankly, we remain skeptical of all those claims, but a cou‐ After seeing a barrage of ever‐changing styles over the past ple of others really resonate. Thanks to the conforming few years, we've become sort of numb to the weirdness of sock upper, leguano barefooters are unlikely to experi‐ ence stones spitting and lodging inside, which will elimi‐ nate one of the annoyances of running/walking. Leguana also says that the textured sole is structured to provide a massaging effect on the feet, which sure sounds better than the fiery ache that your feet could be tortured with during a run. Leguano‐barefoots are available in a variety of colors for €79 (US$105). "Laguinitas" are a smaller version designed for children – just in case you want to empower the bul‐ lies at your child's elementary school. Hi capacity battery to run devices Lately, there has been an influx of products designed to charge your phone or tablet without an outlet. One of the latest offerings has found its way to Kickstarter, and it barefoot shoes. But, every once in a while, a manufacturer promises high capacity in a form factor that's quite a bit manages to introduce a design that shocks and awes. The barefoot‐leguano that we spotted at the recent ISPO sports show is one such design. Sort of a Swiss Protection Sock with a mildReebok ATV‐style bubble sole, these shoes aim to fill that lessening void between full shoes and bare piggies. Like other barefoot designers, leguano contends that na‐ ture created us to run barefoot through fields, forests and beaches. Then, as he tends to do, man screwed it all up by creating big, thick‐soled, cushioned shoes, condemning our feet to centuries of inactivity and dumbing down. As leguano sees it, that dumbing has left modern feet unfit to meet the stresses of running fully barefoot. Leguano believes the solution to the modern footwear di‐ smaller than most on the market. By comparison, lemma is to strip the feet of all that excess material while the Sandberg BatteryCase comes with much higher price maintaining basic protection. In this way, our feet will be tag of US$80 and only a 1500 mAh battery. The Scosche free to enjoy the benefits of barefoot running without tear‐ goBat II costs $89.99, and only comes with a 5000 mAh ing, breaking, scarring and otherwise crumbling beneath battery installed. Eton also has similar products, but again, us. none of them come with such high capacities. The barefoot‐leguano "shoe" combines a wool‐poly‐cotton‐ The Ultra‐high capacity lithium‐ion battery for mobile de‐ elastane sock upper with a sole made from Lifolit PVC. vices comes in the three flavors — the 6,600 mAh Adven‐ Leguano describes the sole as "studded," but it looks more turer, the 10,000 mAh Destination, and the 11,200 mAh Expedition. The Expedition and the Destination each have utes, instead of rushing the job. two USB ports, so they can charge an iPhone and an iPad at When it’s time to go to bed, the user has to return to the the same time. The smaller Adventurer only has one USB bathroom to retrieve their clock. Given that they’re al‐ port, but as a trade‐off, it has a smaller form factor. ready pulling out the toothbrush to “re‐arm” the clock, The Adventurer is 2.55 x 3.9 inches (65 x 99 mm) and is 3/4 the thinking goes that they’ll be reminded to brush their ‐inch (19 mm) thick. The physically‐largest model, which is teeth again, while they’re at it. the 10,000 mAh Destination, measures 3.75 x 5.25 inches Needless to say, a lot of Wayki owners might ultimately (95 x 133 mm) and is 5/8‐inch (16 mm) thick. To put the just end up keeping their toothbrush in their bedroom – size in perspective, even the largest model is only slightly although one might wonder why they bothered buying larger than the iPhone 4S. the thing in the first place, if that were the case. Hawkins and company are currently raising production The Expedition, which is the largest‐capacity model, can funds for their product, via their own crowd‐funding web‐ charge an iPhone from zero to 100 percent almost ten site. A pledge of £49 (US$77) – 50 percent off the esti‐ times on one charge. It can charge an iPhone two times mated retail price – will get you one, when and if the first and an iPad one and a half times if both are plugged in to‐ run is ready to go ... but only if you live in the UK. The gether. It can charge the devices to full in 4‐6 hours, which Wayki should be available internationally upon its official is solid for a mobile charger. launch. All versions of the battery come with a bunch of USB charg‐ Graeme Hodgson’s list of Australian Inventions ing cables that work with iPhone 3‐4S, iPad, PSP, Nokia, In a Herald Sun article January 9 2013 Graeme Hodgson as Micro 5 Pin USB, Mini USB, Samsung, Sony Ericsson and LG. Because it also comes with standard USB ports, you can said to collect information on Australian inventions. Below use it to charge other devices as well – you will just have to is his list: use your own cables. RETURNING BOOMERANG COOLGARDIE SAFE ‐ Sir Thomas Livingstone Mitchell ‐ after observing Anthony Vilgiate, the creator of the battery, is seeking Aborigines carrying water in kangaroo skins. funding on Kickstarter. The project has already received VEGEMITE almost double its $25,000 goal. The Adventurer is available (C P Callister for Fred Walker) for $30, the Expedition is $50 and the Destination is $65. THE IRON LUNG THE SHEPHERD CASTOR Wayki—turn off the alarm by inserting the toothbrush (Used on furniture at the rate of 12/min all Whether it’s smartphones, cameras or MP3 players, it around the world. FIBROUS PLASTER probably goes without saying that most consumer elec‐ REFRIGERATION tronics are designed for maximum user convenience ... that (James Harrison) doesn’t always end up being the case, but it is at least the AUSTRALIAN RULES FOOTBALL ‐ 1858 intention. The Wayki is somewhat unique, however, in that SURF LIFESAVING, WITH SURF REEL & it’s specifically designed to force the user into doing two SURF BOAT SILLY MID‐ON CRICKET POSITION things that they’d rather put off: getting out of bed, and SPRINTERS CROUCH brushing their teeth. That’s right, it’s a combination alarm DIRT TRACK RACING clock and toothbrush. HIGH STIRRUP JOCKEYS SEAT Created by British entrepreneur David Hawkins, the device AUSTRALIAN CRAWL (Also termed Freestyle‐Alick Wickham, Dick & consists of two parts – a Arthur Cavill) & BUTTERFLY SWIMMING STROKES JINDIVIK (Government Aircraft Factories) cylindrical alarm clock, and BARRA a dedicated toothbrush PENICILLIN (Howard Florey isolated the first antibiotic, penicillin) with a handle that slides IKARA ‐ Ship borne torpedo delivery system. into that clock. At night, the OPTICAL GLASS (Australian Government clock sits on the user’s bed‐ WW 2) WINNEN side table, while the brush LASER CUTTING TOOLS sits in the bathroom. When JINDALEE OVER THE HORIZON RADAR (DSTO). the alarm goes off in the ORBITAL ENGINE (Ralph Sarich ‐ 1971) morning, the only way of MINEHUNTER CATAMARAN HARTNETT MOTOR VEHICLE silencing it is by getting up, (Sir Laurence Hartnett) carrying the clock into the KIWI BOOT POLISH (William Ramsay 1906) bathroom, and inserting PATROL AMBUSH LIGHT (DSTO) the brush – there’s no STUMP JUMP PLOUGH A broken bolt led to the development of the snooze button. It’s not plough (Richard Bowyer Smith) THE SUNSHINE HARVESTER (Hugh Mackay, 1885) unlike the Ramos Alarm AIRCRAFT GROUND POWER Clock, which the user can ALTERNATORS (McColl Electric Works) only shut off by entering a LASER AIRBORNE DEPTH SOUNDER code on a panel located in (DSTO) another room. SNOWY MOUNTAINS SCHEME DART TARGET RANGES (ATA) Once the brush is plugged OPTICAL FIBRE RESEARCH in, a two‐minute count‐ ATOMIC ABSORTION SPECTROPHOTOMETER ‐ (Dr Alan Walsh CSIRO down appears in place of Chemical Physics Division). its time display. That’s in‐ INTERSCAN ‐ Aircraft Instrument Landing System adopted by the Inter‐ national Civil Aviation Organisation and installed at airports around the tended to keep the user world (CSIRO Division of Radiophysics). brushing for a full two min‐ SOFTWARE ‐ F111 AUTOMATIC TEST EQUIPMENT CENTRAL PROCESSOR RIB LOC PIPE ‐ 1980 OIL FREE VACUUM PUMP VIDEO MONITOR DETECTOR (ERL) SELF ELEVATING CRANE SMOKE DETECTOR AUSTRALIA II ‐ Winged Keel (Ben Lexen (1983) TRANSISTOR RADIO CROCODILE DUNDEE LASER POINTER DAME EDNA EVERIDGE & SIR LES PATTERSON (Barry Humphries) SCATS (Sydney Co‐ordinated Adaptive Traffic System ‐ Developed by the MALKARA ‐ missile Roads Traffic Authority of NSW) RADIO ASTRONOMY (CSIRO) PEDAL WIRELESS (Alf Traeger 1925) LIGHTWEIGHT AIR‐WARNING RADAR PAVLOVA (Herbert Sasche 1935, Head Chef, Esplanade Hotel, Perth) SYSTEM (WW2) GRANNY SMITH APPLES (Maria Smith FLIGHT DATA RECORDERS (Dr David Warren ‐ Industrial Chemist, after 1860's) the Comet crashes ‐ worked for ARL) MERINO WOOL (McArthur) VICTA (PEACH TIN) MOTOR MOWER CHIKO ROLLS (Created in Bendigo Vic and first sold in Wagga Wagga (Mervyn Victor Richardson ‐ 1952) ‐ Inspired by similar mowing machine NSW) by Lawrence Hall THEATRE FLYING SYSTEM (Hydraulic drives w digital control ‐ Move‐ THE UTILITY ment of scenery, props and curtains ‐ Victorian Arts Centre + Bytecraft (Lewis Bandt (aged 22 yrs) ‐ chief body engineer and designer of Ford Pty Ltd) Australia, 1933 after a request by a farmer's wife in 1932 for a vehicle AUSLANG (Unique sign language for the deaf) that would transport pigs and take the family to church in comfort) MECHANICAL ALLOYING (Australian National University) ROTARY CLOTHES LINE (Gilbert Toyne ‐ blacksmith ‐ patented 1926; AIRCRAFT COMMUNICATIONS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (ACAMS) ‐ (AIS Lance Hill ‐ 1945) Technologies) WINE CASKS (Charlie Malpas. Angove Wines, Renmark Sth Aust 1965) CERATING (ARL) ‐ (Metal Treatment Process to provide a corrosion re‐ WINE IN A CAN sistant coating for any metal product) SIROSET PROCESS (CSIRO) DIDGERIDOO MASONITE, CANITE FELIX THE CAT (Created 1919 by Pat Sullivan) PLASTIC EXPLOSIVES AUTOMATIC TOTALIZATOR (George Julius 1913) BRICK VENEER HOUSES ‐ first house built in Pascoe Vale South Vic. WORLD FIRST FULL LENGTH FEATURE FILM (The story of the Kelly Gang POP TOP DRINK CANS Melbourne, 24 December 1906, Director Charles Tate) FACE BLACK THE MILITARY TANK (Lancelot de Mole RIP TOP CANS 1912) PACEMAKERS SMART LOCK ANTI CAR THEFT SYSTEM (Ford Aust & Bosch Aust) TRITON SAW BENCH AEROSONDES ‐ Weather monitors (Dr Greg Holland & Tad McGear) PAPER FROM EUCALYPTS (I.H. Boas & Lou Benjamin) POLARPROBE ‐ Pen sized electronic device for cervical cancer SOLAR CELL RESEARCH (Polartechnics) BENDIX‐BISHOP VARIABLE RATIO POWER STEERING DRIED BLOOD TEST ‐ Portable Laboratory for rapid blood tests (Dr RADAR REFLECTING PAINTS Vaughan Clift) BUILDING PRODUCTS AIR CAR ‐ Designed to travel on hard surfaces at 100 kph & to fly 500 m SURVIVORALLS (Flotation System ‐ Overalls) above ground at 300kph. Runs on conventional fuel. (Ross Nolan former KERSCHEL EMERGENCY BRAKING FOR racing car designer & aeronautical engineer) TRUCKS ROTATING NOZZLE ‐ 17cm high pressure spray nozzle used to clean out NOMAD AIRCRAFT (GAF) tanks used in the food industry (Stuart & Sean Morgan) WINJEEL AIRCRAFT (Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation) RAFFLES STACKABLE CHAIR ‐ Upmarket Plastic Chair (Stephan Smith) BOOMERANG AIRCRAFT SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELL ‐ Gas burning ceramic fuel cell (Ceramic Fuel ASPIRIN (Nicholas reformulated aspirin during WW1) cells Ltd) OWEN MACHINE GUN (WW2) ‐ resisted by the Australian Army THREE DIMENSIONAL TELEVISION ‐ does not require special glasses (what's new?) The poor handling of the Owen gun by the Army led to (Donald Martin) ‐ sold to the United States the creation of a civilian Army Inventions Directorate. Over 45000 were DIGITAL RADIO ANALYSER ‐ measuring instrument for microwave radio made (Evelyn E. Owen, Wollongong NSW). systems (Andrew Martin) LEAD SHOT WIDE ANGLE LENS ‐ distortion free around the edges, developed for MULWEX EXPLOSIVES macro work ‐ was used in the film Titanic esp the final wide angle scene AXTRACK SNOW VEHICLE (Les Frazier who won an Oscar for his efforts). WRESAT (Australian made satellite) McCAFE ‐ The little cafe that sells espresso coffee and tasty cakes in MULLOKA (Sonar system) many McDonalds outlets. KARINGA PIGMENT GRADE TITANIUM OXIDE ‐ Produced from low‐grade ores KARIWARA with low level of waste (University of Melbourne) SPECIALIST SOFTWARE SPACE CAMERAS ‐ Fitted to the helmets of space walking astronauts BIONIC EAR (First Implant by Prof G Clark of Melbourne University & (Nigel Pederson, Electrical Engineer ‐ RMIT‐ of Warragul Vic). He also surgeons from Royal Vic Eye & Ear Hospital 1978) designed helmetcam. TICKLE EAR AEROGARD ‐ Dr Doug Waterhouse, Entamologist ‐ CSIRO. He received GRADUATE LENS (Spectacles ‐ The different focal lengths are blended) no reward for his work (other a few free cans) but the US based multi‐ FIRE FIGHTING PRODUCTS eg: Fat fires national has reaped heaps. ROO GUARD (Sonic Kangaroo & Wallaby Repelling System) STUBBIE HOLDER ‐ Nova‐Star Industries Cambellfield Vic (Tom Karic & "PULSAR" BATTERY Ivan Karic circa 1984). Manufactured from Wet Suit material. (W L McDowall Dunlop Batteries 1975‐1979) REFLUX ACTION PROCESS FOR CLASSIFYING PARTICLE SIZES BY SIZE AND "SWITCH" BATTERY DENSITY ‐ (Giang Nguyentranlam ‐ PhD Student, University of Newcas‐ (W L McDowall Dunlop Batteries 1980) tle). RUBBER RULER (Melb Uni ‐ 2 coiled wires HARMONIC BELL ‐ Perfectly pitched bell, a world first. (Anton Hasell, which move & vary the capacitance) sculptor, helped by Alex Day, sculptor, Neil McLachlan, instrument de‐ BLOOD PRESSURE MONITOR (Sydney Hospital‐continuous monitoring of signer & RMIT lecturer, and ReSHAPE, a software package) blood pressure for any short period of time‐can be used in the home for UGG BOOTS self monitoring) TETRA PAKS BLUE ROSE (Initially at $1000 a bloom) ABUS Technology ‐ allows music to follow you around from room to ZINC‐NICKEL ELECTROPLATING PROCESS (DSTO‐MRL) room around the house (Andrew Goldfinch & Len Andrews). BURST PACER (Teletronics ‐ Div of Pacific Dunlop ‐ used in some forms of ELECTRIC DRILL ‐ Rock Drilling Drill, 1889, Melbourne (Arthur James Heart surgery to train trans‐planted muscle) Arnot & William Blanch Brain). DRIP FEED WATERING SYSTEM NOTEPADS ‐ Paper was sold in single sheets until 1902. THE FURPHY WATERCART (John Furphy, POSTAGE STAMPS Shepparton ‐ circa 1880) COMBINATION INFLATABLE AIRCRAFT ESCAPE SLIDE AND RAFT ‐ Fitted to Boeing, Lockheed Douglas and the Concorde aircraft (Jack Grant QAN‐ TONGUE PLATE ‐ Adjustable plate fitted to the Bridle Bit to protect he TAS Operations Safety Superintendent). horse's tongue from being pinched by the bit ‐ (Adrian Morgante‐ LATEX GLOVES former jockey). HARDCAT ‐ Computer based asset keeping system ‐ barcodes able to be STOBIE POLES ‐ Electricity Power Poles made from steel and concrete read by hand held readers and transmitted via the Web, radio or tele‐ to overcome the shortage of suitable timber poles. Also terminate phone to head office computers. proof. Patented and first erected on South Terrace, Adelaide, in 1924 ‐ BABY BLISS ‐ Ventilated baby bottle allows fluid to flow from the teat (J.C. Stobie). without creating a vacuum (Mark Kiehne ‐ Motor Mechanic). LAMINGTON ‐ Named after Charles Cochrane‐Baille, 2nd Baron Laming‐ UNITRACT AD/AR SYRINGE Won Gold Medal for best Medical Device for ton Queensland Governor 1896 ‐ 1901) or his wife, Lady Lamington. 2004 (APS Plastics Pty Ltd) Tradition is that stale sponge cake was revitalised by dipping pieces in FREDDO FROG ‐ (Harry Melbourne 1930) chocolate and coating with desiccated coconut. Fresh sponge cake is ANABRANCH LIQUID HANDLING SYSTEM ‐ Won best international indus‐ now used. trial product 2004 (APS Plastics Pty Ltd). AEROPLANE JELLY ‐ Bert Appleroth ‐ Sydney Tram Conductor SHOCK ABSORBERS ‐ designed for Australian road conditions PINK LADY APPLES ‐ JohnCripps (Powerdown Australia Pty Ltd) FEDERATION WHEAT ‐ 1903 BONE GLUE ‐ inserted by syringe or catheter, can replace pins and SUNSHINE HEADER HARVESTER ‐ 1914 screws (CSIRO) TOFT CANE HARVESTER ‐ 1961 ULTRALIGHT AIRCRAFT DYNAMIC LIFT FERTILIZER ‐ 1972 SUPERCONDUCTING QUANTUM INTERFERENCE DEVICE (SQUID) ‐ Mag‐ MINIBOIL WATER HEATER ‐ 1981 netometer towed behind an aircraft, capable of "seeing" through a layer NEMATODES for pest control ‐ 1981 of ancient, deeply weathered rock and detecting the extremely faint NOGALL PEST CONTRAL ‐ 1989 magnetic signatures of hidden ore bodies. BUFFALO FLY TRAP ‐ 1992 STRIPPER‐HARVESTER ‐ (John Ridley & John Bull both lay claim to its PARTIAL ROOTZONE DRYING ‐ 1999 invention) RADIO SCHOOL OF THE AIR ‐ 1951 SHEEP SHEARING MACHINES ‐ (Frederick Wolseley) Wolseley Sheep FLUID HEAD CAMERA MOUNT ‐ 1954 Shearing Machine Company. MOLDFLOW DESIGN SOFTWARE ‐ 1978 BRENNAN TORPEDO ‐ The British Government granted the inventor ? COCHLEAR EAR IMLANT ‐ 1983 110 000 to prevent the invention from falling into the hands of another ISYS TEXT RETRIEVAL SYSTEM ‐ 1990 country. (Louis Brennan). NOMAD COMPUTER INTERFACE ‐ 1990 THRUST BEARING ‐ Requires much less space than a conventional bear‐ ERICSSON PHONE QUEUING SYSTEM ‐ 1992 ing and adopted by the British after it was found that they were fitted to Smart Modem ‐ 1992 a captured German U‐Boat in World War 1 (Anthony George Michell). PASSPORT SECURITY ‐ 1995 SPUN CONCRETE PIPES ‐ Spun pipes have greater strength. Process de‐ SUPER SOPPER ‐ 1974 rived from an machine designed to spin excess paint from fence panels BURIED CONTACT SOLAR CELL ‐ 1991 (Walter Hume). COSMETICS ‐ (Helena Rubenstein) ‐ 1902 SMOKER'S POLES ‐ Water filled cigarette butt depository capable of be‐ CLEANUP AUSTRALIA DAY ‐ 1990 ing emptied and filled from a truck ‐ (Gary Marshall) ATOM ENGINE IGNITION ‐ 1976 ROTAVATOR ROTARY HOE ‐ (Cliff Howard), 1923 FIRE‐BRAKE FOAM ‐ 1993 ROWCAR ‐ Toy car for disabled children who cannot operate a pedal car. BURIED CONTACT SOLAR CELL ‐ 1991 Uses a rowing crank similar to a railway handcar (Burt Terry). STAYSHARP KNIFE ‐ 1970 SUGAR CANE HARVESTER ‐ Worked better overseas than in Australian DUAL FLUSH TOILET ‐ 1982 conditions (R.S. Falkiner) WORLD SERIES CRICKET ‐ Kerry Packer 1977 STEAM CAR ‐ Runs on many fuels, quiet and non polluting (Ted RACECAN TV SPORT COVERAGE ‐ 1979 Pritchard). FROTH FLOTATION PROCESS ‐ 1904 GEOMETRIC GOLF CLUB ‐ Geometry of the club causes the hands to HOMESPUN PIPE ‐ 1910 point to the "sweet spot" on the club face (Leo Port). HARDWOOD PULPING 1927 WINDSOR HARVESTER ‐ One man operates the harvester that fells, lops, SLURRY PUMPS (Warman) ‐ 1938 removes the limbs and rolls the log into a basket (Bill Keruish CSIRO ORE SLURRY PROBES ‐ 1972 Division of Forestry Research). COALSCAN COAL ANALYSIS ‐ 1982 PERISCOPE RIFLES ‐ Periscope used to sight a rifle in the trenches of THIN SHEET METAL CASTING ‐ 2000 WW1 (Lance Corporal Beech). ATPD Pedestrian Button ‐ 1984 OFF AXIS VIEWING DEVICE ‐ Fitted to the Australian Army rifle enabling WAVE PIERCING CATAMARAN ‐ 1984 the soldier to see around an obstacle or corner, sight the target and fire. BABY SAFETY CAPSULE ‐ 1984 Very good for urban terrain (DSTO). NACFLEX ‐ 2011 Andrew Duncan ‐ Wrapped laminated resins and plan‐ THE THOMPSON COUPLING ‐ World's first and only true Constant Veloc‐ tation timber used to created recyclable fence posts ‐ strong as a steel. ity Joint. (Thompson Couplings Ltd). ROSDI IRRIGATION SYSTEM ‐ 2011 Greg Lesley & Bruce Sutton ‐ Mem‐ TRAILER VISION ‐ Trailer tell tale system ‐ Sensor built in trailer plug de‐ brane filter designed to desalinate brackish water for plant use. The tects current flow to each bulb and indicates on dashboard. (Dennis system lets plants draw water through salt filters in irrigation pipes at Gravolin). their roots, using the tiny amounts of energy naturally created by 8‐HOUR WORKING DAY 1856 ‐ The beginning of Work‐Life Bal‐ evaporation at their leaves. ance. Spread to the rest of Australia and the World. (Stonemasons in SURGICAL LAMP ‐ Michael O'Brien 2011 ‐ Cheap and easy t in the out‐ Melbourne & Sydney). back and third world countries to use. JAWS OF LIFE ‐ (Jack Allen Watson) SWING GATE ‐ Edward Evans 2011 ‐ Used on Cattle Farms and the like SPLAYD CUTLERY ‐ 1946 when herding cattle. Easy to use, self latching and will protect the TRAY RAMP ‐ Lightweight ramp made from mesh fitted under a utility farmer in the event of a cow or bull charging the gate before it is which easily extends to use as a ramp and retracts for storage (Brad closed. Wright). EASYJUST ‐ Trevor Watson ‐ Easyjust is a cafe table that is easy to ad‐ B & D ROLLER DOOR ‐ first all steel door that could be rolled closed or just to stop the wobbles which can be done comfortably from the seat. open without cracking. Resulted from a board meeting in Hyde Park, ELECTRIC POWER BOARD ‐ Peter Talbot, 1972. Worked for Kambrook. Sydney, to discuss what to do with left over scrap metal. WI‐FI (CSIRO) ‐ In 1992 and 1996, CSIRO obtained patents for a method ZINC CREAM ‐ Faulding Pharmaceuticals 1940. The ultimate protection later used in Wi‐Fi to "unsmear" the signal. In April 2009, 14 tech com‐ against sunburn prevents UV rays from reaching the skin. panies agreed to pay CSIRO $250 million for infringements on the SPEEDOS ‐ Alexander MacRae 1888‐1938 ‐ MacRae Hosiery Manufactur‐ CSIRO patents. This led to WiFi being attributed as an Australian inven‐ ers. Developed to reduce drag. Marketing began 1928. tion, though this has been the subject of some controversy. The CSIRO ESKY ‐ Malleys ‐ An Australian company ‐ 1952. won a further $220 million settlement for Wi‐Fi patent infringements in TAPestry ‐Home Based Self contained Tap Dancing Studio ‐ (Amy Roma‐ 2012 with global firms in the United States required to pay the CSIRO lis) licensing rights estimated to be worth an additional $1 billion in royal‐ HYDROGEL ‐ Organic chemical that mixes with water and clings to water ties. weeds ‐ (Peter Harver) FRIENDSHIP RINGS ‐ AJ Short and Sons ‐ Glenhuntly Rd, Sth Caulfield, Victoria, early 1960's