Newfoundlander Reacts to Amazing Australian Inventions! | Surprising Aussie Innovations

[@RickyisSwan]

Kev, when you say WE changed the banknote, it's "we" Australians that changed it. Australia made your banknotes, we make them for countries all over the world.

[@OziBeerMan]

Yep the Australian Mint, mints bank notes for many many countries.

[@discoveringnlwithkevin]

@@RickyisSwan and I do love them this way!

[@RickyisSwan]

@@discoveringnlwithkevin 👍

[@sammy_dog]

@@OziBeerMan the Australian Mint mints coins Note Printing Australia make the notes

[@CLAWCUZBRO]

@@OziBeerMan you beer guys know all the good facts lol

[@susangrant7544]

As a kid, most hills hoist clothes lines were bent down at the end because all us kids used to swing on the ends ! LOL

[@discoveringnlwithkevin]

@@susangrant7544 🤣😂

[@jayehum5019]

One of the great childhood memories of growing up in Oz. 😆

[@gamortie]

Also useful for wheel of goon - or is it goon of fortune?😂

[@auslaner50]

I know my sister and I did in the 60's!

[@JoTheSnoop]

I did that with my younger sister and older cousins - 1980s!

[@kevo6190]

So many of the world's issues are solved at the pub, scratched on the back of a beer coaster! Got a problem.... Have a beer😂🍻

[@gregself6203]

Bathurst was the site of the first live in-car cameras in 1979 including in Peter Brock's Torana.

[@charleswebster9219]

Channel 7

[@fragpinball5194]

"Race-Cam" Live

[@TheMarkhopper]

No, it wasn’t. The first and only in car camera when it was invented was in Peter Williamson’s Celica.

[@TetankaBull]

Australian Inventions: 1856 Refrigerator /1874 Underwater torpedo / 1889 Electric drill / 1902 Notepad / 1919 Non-perishable Anthrax vaccine /1928 Electronic Pacemaker / 1953 Solar hot water / 1958 Black box flight recorder / 1960 Self constructing tower crane / 1960 Plastic spectacle lenses / 1961 Medical ultrasound / 1965 Inflatable escape slide / 1965 Wine cask / 1981 Hovering rocket / 1981 CPAP mask / 1984 Frozen embryo baby / 1991 St Vincents heart valve / 1992 Multi-focal contact lens / 1992 Spray-on skin / 2006 Cervical Cancer Vaccine / 2013 Blood test to prevent stillbirth.

[@jpmasters-aus]

Add CPAP Machines Wifi Penicillin Hills Hoist HPV vaccine. (The USA FDA tried to stop its use in the USA as it was the only drug developed and patented so the US Pharmaceutical Co would not make the super profit they are use to)

[@richardmiller1345]

I dated a girl who helped in the cure for cancer..Lisa Deecke she was an assistant at University working through her medical degree…I’m a retired “Grunt” so no way she was hanging out with a normal for long. but it’s not stoping me Boasting every chance I get.😂

[@arconeagain]

Bionic ear, dissolvable aspirin tablet, stump jump plough, rotary lawnmower, the power board, plastic electric kettle, the 8 hour day. Or were some of these in the video?

[@PBMS123]

missed WIFI

[@richardmiller1345]

@@TetankaBull did ya do “combine harvester?

[@RobNMelbourne]

Wi-fi surprises nearly all non-Australians. It was developed by CSIRO mainly at Macquarie University in Sydney and was granted a patent in the USA in 1993. The royalties from that one invention fund further scientific research across many different fields.

[@jasonhunter3429]

Dammit came to see if this was in there! Someone beat me to it

[@Shattered65]

Typical Sydney, CSIRO have always facilities that have made major inventions in Brisbane Melbourne and Geelong since the beginning. Why do people from Sydney always have to make it about Sydney when it's about the whole nation.

[@RobNMelbourne]

@@Shattered65 Who is from Sydney and why do you have such a chip on your shoulder? You obviously didn't read my name before mouthing off. There is a hint in my name as to where I live. I also have 2 Masters degrees from UniMelb (Australia's #1 University) and scientist friends who worked at CSIRO just a 10min walk up Royal Parade. So I am pro-Melb when appropriate. However, UniMelb is best known around the world for its medical research with major research done at WEHI (Walter and Eliza Hall Institute), Howard Florey Institute (he invented Penicillin) and the Peter Doherty Institute for Immunology. Each university has its own specialisation and it is planned that way so highly qualified people are put together to get better results rather than being spread all over the country or internationally. Yes, CSIRO invents things all over Australia, but the research for individual inventions is done at the research facility that has the best scientists in the particular field. In the case of wi-fi, those scientists were based at Macquarie University in Sydney - that is just a fact. The CSIRO subsidiary company that registered the patents, Radiata Inc, had its address as Macquarie University. You can verify this FACT at either the CSIRO's own website, the National Museum of Australia or the National Archives of Australia. Don't get your knickers in a knot. Give credit where credit is due.

[@AussiePom]

We didn't invent WiFi for the Americans did that but when they did invent it, it was unusable for the majority. As the signal bounced walls, furniture and us it picked up "noise" so that the computer it was meant for couldn't detect the data it needed. What Aussies invented was a way to keep the original signal pure free from noise. But it wasn't all plain sailing as Microsoft said that they had invented the way of keeping signal pure and took the inventor to court. The inventor had already patented his invention but that didn't stop Microsoft who stole his invention and claimed it was theirs. It went through the courts in the US bankrupting the inventor for Microsoft dragged the case out to bankrupt the inventor so he'd give up. But he didn't give up for his small time Aussie lawyer represented him for free and encouraged him to keep going which he did. Microsoft had a raft of top flight lawyers on 10K an hour to fight for them but it was all in vain for the court ruled in the inventors favour and Microsoft had to pay out over 400M in damages plus the inventor's court costs.

[@iceeeuuuu]

​​@@AussiePomso they tried to invent something that did not work? So they didn't invent it Australians did because they invented a way for it to travel through objects. Hence why when they went to court they won.

[@50NewEyes]

Look into Dr Fred Hollows. Aussie hero/legend.

[@discoveringnlwithkevin]

@@50NewEyes I certainly will!

[@logic.and.reasoning]

Absolutely!

[@Hudson316]

and if you want a similar "aww" feeling about medical breakthroughs followed by being way more depressing, Victor Peter Chang in Sydney

[@WarriorKiwi007]

Except the Dr Fred Hollows was a Kiwi, and not an Aussie. But then as usual Australians try and claim everything New Zealand produces

[@The_Absolute_Dog]

@@discoveringnlwithkevin Eye certainly will!

[@grahambaker6664]

A few more Australian inventions: the boomerang; box kites, spray-on skin; Google Maps; Mac Cafes; penicillin for medical use; hand-held electric drills; winged keels for racing yachts; plastic spectacle lenses; inflatable escape slide and rafts for aircraft; permanent crease clothing; the Frazier deep focus cinematic lens; and the Mad Max movie franchise.

[@muzza1967]

If you are interested in radio astronomy check out the Aussie movie called "The Dish"

[@peterdunn5910]

The black box is called that because that is the colour it is after a plain crash and the fire to the best of my knowledge

[@imjustsaying6712]

​​@peterdunn5910 I believe it had something to do with WW2 *the name black box came from then and is still referred to today, even though we know it's orange.

[@MrDarkwing78]

@@peterdunn5910Not sure why you’re talking about the Black box here, OP’s comment was about the movie “The Dish” 🫤

[@elizabethroberts6215]

@@peterdunn5910……sorry, you’re incorrect. Back in the day, reporters’ used to write news in their black note books’. This ‘information’ was thought of when CVR & FDR instruments’ were incorporated into a ‘black box’. It’s usually coloured orange, but sometimes yellow. It does NOT change colour due fire, or damage upon impact. The bright colours’ are so rescue teams can find them more quickly in jet wreckage, as their recordings’ have a ‘short life’, & must be processed ASAP in a proper laboratory setting………

[@twoflyinghats]

@@peterdunn5910 It's orange...

[@eddiel8708]

Wearing the Cochlear Implant has changed my life.

[@josephking6515]

Pardon? 👂 Ah that's better.🦻

[@mjb7015]

CSIRO is not pronounced "sye-ro", it's spelled out. See-ess-eye-arr-oh. And they are still on the cutting edge of science and tech in Australia, currently focused mostly on ecological, agricultural, genetics, and sustainability innovations. CSIRO also invented insect repellent spray, self-twisting yarn, and a bunch of genetic engineering innovations.

[@michellebrooks8004]

I was gonna say or spell the same thing...unless it's a state thing... I'm Vic, certainly not us or those working there.

[@R0d_1984]

It seems to be a new-ish thing, i've heard several times of the last 5 ish years...

[@michellebrooks8004]

@@R0d_1984 thanks, it's been a while since I've had much to do with them...I don't like it, it makes the C silent, I wonder if this will result in it losing it's acronym status, lol, & does it make it more difficult for peeps O/S to remember CSIRO

[@R0d_1984]

@@michellebrooks8004 Well They are woke Cxxx's...

[@RobNMelbourne]

I'm in Melbourne and spend a bit of time at Melb Uni just down the road from 'sye-ro'. I hear sye-ro or 'Siro' all the time now. I think it has become common with younger generation in the last 20 years. I'm 70, have always referred to the organisation as CSIRO, but I find myself saying Siro more often. It's easier and quicker to say and everyone knows what you are referring to. As far back as 2011, Stephen Conroy was Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research and he referred to CSIRO as 'Siro'. The CSIRO's Twitter account was asked "Conroy seems to pronounce CSIRO as "Siro". Is that the common pronunciation now?" CSIRO confirmed that that was the common pronunciation and had been for some time.

[@johnwhear9600]

The electric drill, the box kite, the inflatable slide on airliner doors, the goon bag (aka cask\box wine), commercial quantity manufacturing of penicillin (just in time for D-Day).

[@CLAWCUZBRO]

they are in the other vid someone did.

[@Dallas-Nyberg]

That radio telescope at the end of the clip is located near Parkes NSW. It was the radio telescope used to track/broadcast the Apollo 11 moonwalk. The telescope is about an hour's drive from where I live. It is quite a sight - a huge radio telescope, sitting in the middle of a sheep paddock!

[@discoveringnlwithkevin]

@@Dallas-Nyberg so the moon landing did happen? 🤔😂🤣

[@logic.and.reasoning]

I loved going to Parkes every time we drove past on our way to Queensland from Melbourne

[@MrDarkwing78]

@@discoveringnlwithkevinCheck out “The Dish” with Sam Neil for a fun, if slightly exaggerated for comedic effect, look at Australia’s contribution to the Apollo 11 mission.

[@xymonau2468]

I went there about 11 years ago. I fell in love with the little apostle birds that hang around there. I had never seen/noticed them before. It is an imprssive place. Surrounded by millions of hectares of canola blossoms when I was there.

[@Dallas-Nyberg]

The canola is in bloom right now, it's always a glorious sight. - Cheers

[@ianmontgomery7534]

i think the most useful Australian invention for the world is the latex disposable glove that is used in differing places from hospitals to mechanics garages to homes.

[@daviddean8198]

I was a latex chemist working at Ansell in Richmond Melbourne in the 60's and part of the team that developed the disposable surgeons glove. It was a long arduous process, with close cooperation of a number of renowned surgeons. Two major issues... one was hepatic, i.e., 'feel', the other was the powder dusting the gloves to enable the wearer to put the very thin gloves on without tearing. The dust had to be innocuous and bio-absorbable, even though quantities were minute. Of course, resistance to gamma ray sterilisation, ease of slipping on, and finally, economical manufacture in quantity. Ansell surgeons gloves stormed the world in the 60's and was a major contributor to the formation of huge international company that resulted.

[@ianmontgomery7534]

@@daviddean8198 Yse for such an achievement i wonder why it goes un-noticed. Congratulations on being part of their team.

[@davidberriman5903]

@@daviddean8198 thank you for your contribution.

[@auslaner50]

i have a deaf daughter and an Australian invented the Cochlear Ear. GO THE PANTHERS! ;)

[@Shattered65]

The first and best HPV vaccine Guardasil used to prevent Cervical Cancer. Penicillin.... Invented in the UK by an Australian. The colostomy and ileostomy operation proceedures. Along with many other medical procedures and products.

[@Sticks31]

One thing that polymer banknotes do is shrink (if they're in your pocket in the clothes dryer), at least they used to when they first came out. I had a twenty that shrank in the dryer, so I took it to the bank and asked for a replacement. The teller looked at it, laughed, showed the other tellers, they laughed, and then he gave me a new one.

[@Wolfie_Rankin]

Nobody ever mentions the incredible Fairlight CMI which was the first sampling synthesiser which changed music so much in the 80s. It was used by Stevie Wonder, Peter Gabriel, Kate Bush, Frankie Goes To Hollywood and many others.

[@kiraalialeeonfairythegreenone]

The cochlear implant for the hearing impaired is a brilliant Australian invention. I volunteered in the local historical museum in the suburb of Camden, New South Wales (Australia )where Professor Clark was born and the museum presented a marvellous exhibition detailing his life and invention.👏👏👏💛

[@glenngarrett8785]

The origin of the term 'black box' is a box of electronics that the user doesn't have details of nor understand, yet performs a useful function. The flight recorder was called a black box because no one except the engineers knew what was inside.

[@pauljordan4452]

Glenn, it's strangely orange.

[@gomezgomezian3236]

@@pauljordan4452 That's to make it easier to find amongst all the debris, post crash.

[@charleswebster9219]

We used to call ours a Jesus box. For He would be be the only bloke ....

[@michealriseley6261]

Although we didn't invent it, Australians mastered the art of using swear (cuss) words, without being completely obnoxious or aggressive 😂

[@Flirkann]

And those notes are also different sizes with tactile bumps for easier vision impaired use/sorting

[@cherielocke6333]

The clicker attached to the walk/ don’t walk light at intersection to alert vision impaired people to the traffic lights changing.

[@theirishviking9278]

It also helps deaf people cause the thing buzzes So if you have the unfortunate situation of being both deaf and visually impaired you still have a way to tell when to cross

[@Lifeoutback220]

The original black box was black. Later, they changed the colour to bright orange as it was better for visibility and easier recovery after plane accidents.

[@topone8010]

At time 21:15 it shows 'The Dish' used for the TV pictures for the Apollo 11 Moon landing, Great Australian Movie called 'The Dish' I believe you will enjoy it

[@powerbuilder0510]

Does everyone forget that australia/ns invented the combine harvester!!!

[@jimspink2922]

Was the stump jump plough an australain invention ?

[@roderickdunn3464]

​@@jimspink2922 yes! In Victoria if I remember correctly.

[@NormGilmore-gr4et]

@@powerbuilder0510 Cane Harvester Stump jump Plough .we should be the Richest Country in the World ,but Corrupt Politicians SOLD us out to their Overseas Multinational Corporation Benefactors .we are a Corporation been sucked dry by Overseas owner Investers.

[@jayehum5019]

Dr Fiona Wood invented spray on skin for burn victoms! An Australian invented the commercial fridge (for ice making) in the 1850s. Lance de Mole invented the tank, although the Brits have taken credit for it. (Typical 🙄😆)

[@sammy_dog]

Lance de Mole's tank was invented about 10 years before the British mk1 it was so ahead of it's time the poms didn't know what they had it wasn"t until 1919 that they admitted it would have been a lot better than the mk1

[@roderickdunn3464]

Bit like penicillin, Fleming noted the biotic reaction. It was the Australian Florey that developed a usable penicillin. The poms take credit, again.

[@jayweb51]

Kevin, there are even more aussie inventions out there. I would recommend you react to The Australian Inventions That Changed The World.

[@discoveringnlwithkevin]

@@jayweb51 I'll be sure to put that on my list, thank you!

[@Kevin89866]

Granny smith apple (green apples) was cultivated in australia, the sunshine harvester which changed how wheat was harvested, multifocal contact lenses, HPV vaccine.

[@PatrickMcCaskie]

With respect to the Cochlear Implant AND the Pacemaker, I at one stage worked for a company called Nucleus Holdings that included the Cochlear Implant company and Telectronics who made the Pacemaker. I worked for a division of Telectronics which made heart monitoring oscilloscopes and eventually we were separated into a new company called Medtel. Medtel also made defibrillators which I mainly worked on.

[@JayMills-zk1kq]

Australia first put polymer banknotes out in 1988. The ones we have now are the second generation of the notes. Created to prevent counterfeit notes when colour printer came out. Sooo, Australia created your notes and print them as well.

[@jpmasters-aus]

Now licensed to many countries around the world. Australia produces money for some countries.

[@JulieEtheridgeHappychatstar]

The first fridge, invented in my hometown Geelong Victoria, was a wooden piston motor.

[@TheSparky62]

The Boomerang! Yes, it was used by Egyptians but Native Australian rock-paintings that are 50,000 years old show them using Boomerangs. Boxed Wine (or Cask Wine) was invented in South Australia in 1964. Spray on Skin was another medical invention from 1999. Google Maps was the work of Danish Immigrants in Australia. The Electric Drill was patented in Australia in 1889! Plastic, scratchproof optical lenses were patented in Australia in the early 60s. Racecam was first used at Bathurst in 1979. The inflatable slide that let you escape a plane is also an Aussie invention.

[@discoveringnlwithkevin]

@@TheSparky62 I have a box of Aussie wine at home! Love it!

[@josephking6515]

In case you hadn't already worked it out, when you get down the last of the contents, blow up the bladder and you can then get *every* drop of it out of the container. 👍

[@steventurner8428]

Guess which was the " third " country to put a satellite into orbit. Times up the answer is, of course "Australia "

[@christhamilton42]

When I worked at the Note Printary in Craigeburn just north of Melbourne a women got into the lift we were in with a small pallet on a pallet trolley. It was a crate about 600mm square and 400mm deep and it was filled with uncut sheets of Canadian $100 bills. That's where they are made, in Australia. Love the videos, Keep them coming.

[@jpmasters-aus]

I have had many a ‘discussion’ with American’s over health care with the US health care system being the only one the is not a nationally funded system. I often get the comment that their private system encourages better medical inventions. When I take about the amount of medical research undertaken in Australia is massive and we have a nationally funded system. They often don’t believe me. 😢

[@bascomnextion5639]

James Harrison, an Australian man, developed a commercial refrigeration system in 1854 can you guess why? To keep beer cold!

[@robinharwood5044]

An immigrant from Scotland, but became Australian. Refrigeration was a Scottish invention, but Harrison made it commercial, in Australia, and for the most important purpose. Also had the idea of freezing meat for export.

[@discoveringnlwithkevin]

@@bascomnextion5639 of course it was...lol

[@josephking6515]

So the West Island of NZ must have been the first country to send a frozen meat shipment then?

[@stevewiles7132]

The goony bag, the lamington, Dame Edna, and oh so much more. And, not forgetting the Wiles mobile army field kitchen/cooker.

[@logic.and.reasoning]

The ear implant... in about 1975 (?) my dad was one of the first to get one in Melbourne as a test subject. He suffered alot with balance afterwards, but helped him a bit.

[@The_Absolute_Dog]

This is the second time a video of yours has turned up and piqued my interest. As a Kiwi, people falling in love with Australia is awesome!

[@discoveringnlwithkevin]

@@The_Absolute_Dog I need to start watching New Zealand videos soon! I know NOTHING about your country! Got any recommendations?

[@The_Absolute_Dog]

@@discoveringnlwithkevin Hmmm, I followed a canadian fellow named Donovan Kelly who lived here for a bit, traveling, seeing sights, and enjoying craft beer.

[@melissajursa3748]

We consider New Zealaners as our cousins or even brothers. What is your is ours and vice versa, especially when the pavlova and Cowded House is concerned 😂

[@Colin_In_VK]

I think one of the most widely used invention from Australia would be WLAN (WiFi). -- WLAN, or wi-fi, is technology that enables high-speed, wireless internet connectivity. In 1993 wireless local access network (WLAN) was invented and patented by scientists at CSIRO, Australia's national science agency.

[@simonjones2645]

Car radio mate

[@isaaclewis103]

Your talking about a car radio

[@simonjones2645]

@@isaaclewis103 most widely used invention.... read the first line , you child !

[@daciousinoz6028]

During WWII boffins produced lots of gadgets in bakelite - before rigid plastics reolaced them, fibres fixed in resin. They were called 'black boxes'. Dr David Warren worked for the Australian Defence Science Technology Organisation. He loved the wire reel recorders the Germans used in the Freya radar anti-aircraft guns. They used a loop of wire that lasted minutes and was constantly overwritten. He like recording jazz off the radio. He got to wandering what use a short duration loop would be in aviation. The box is orange to make it easy to find

[@skatermonkeygirl]

I just visited Canada for the first time, and you should have seen how excited I got when I saw your bank notes! Last time i traveled was well over a decade ago, and i used to carry a selection of our bank notes to show folk overseas and blow their minds, but now i have come across them in so many places recently. New Foundland is high on my list of places i want to visit next trip over there ;)

[@discoveringnlwithkevin]

@@skatermonkeygirl you definately should visit Newfoundland! Where in Canada did you visit when you were here?

[@skatermonkeygirl]

@@discoveringnlwithkevin We stayed with friends near London, ON then drove to Montreal and saw two other good friends, but was only a short visit. I'm very interested in the different backgrounds of Canadians. I'd like to see places the Vikings landed along the Americas, as well as learn more about the first nations people in each area. I love the cold, and want to go to a hockey game of course, and was trying to find somewhere to try out curling :p Mostly though, camping and the Canadian/American wilderness calls to me :P Just working out how to access it with disabilities

[@damianlonglong072]

Australia also invented the little black box flight recorder.

[@arconeagain]

Yes, I believe it just recorded the in cockpit audio. However, how many times have you seen on Air Crash Investigation where they're reliant on the audio, they solve it by a low level sound or by listening to the pilots?

[@bEverCurious]

As mentioned in the video.

[@OziBeerMan]

Ultrasound, electronic heart pacemaker, wi fi to name a few of our inventions.

[@kevintrodd3732]

The ultrasound scanner, electric drill, google maps invented by Australian company Where 2 technology which was bought out by google but my favorite would have to be the SPRAY ON SKIN which became more well known after being used on Bali bombing victims.

[@gregoryparnell2775]

I had my first Pacemaker replaced in April after 29 years 9 months & 16 days. I was 45 years old when I started having Total Heart Block & this device allowed me to go back to my very physical job of a Professional Worm Digger for 20 + more years & I love my new one as I do not have to drive in heavy traffic to the hospital every 4 months for a check up. It does it automatically through a device that sits next to my bed at about 2.00am while I sleep.

[@Hudson316]

"Should I be surprised that it's partly revolving around beer?" Oohh boy, do you need to see a little Australian movie from the 80's called Young Einstein

[@GregDunne-zf2ep]

This makes me proud to be Australian for a small population compared to most countries our inventions are used daily by people all over the world I think a lot of Australians are smarter then most of the world's population not saying other people are totally dumb but we must be up there in intelligence

[@discoveringnlwithkevin]

@@GregDunne-zf2ep as it should! 💪👍

[@PatrickMcCaskie]

The "Black Box" is so called, according to Britannica, because "sensitive aircraft components that were encased in black metal boxes". However, having studied electronics MANY years ago, if you had some unknown electronics in a box it was referred as a "Black Box" because you didn't know what was inside it. When studying Circuit Alanysis you would take a bunch of electronics and reduce it to a "Norton or Thevenin Equivalent" circuit - the full set of original electronics was called a black box.

[@bernadettelanders7306]

Love your screen you designed. That is so cool and so much visually nicer and looks easier to find things 😊

[@Fiona-zc6oz]

My brother, Stuart McLennan, who writes for RL magazines, mentors, coaches, podcasts, media manages is going to Grand Final tonight. Our family will be suppirting Penrith. Dad born and grew up there and also others in our family. I love our inventions too. We had several originals eg Victa, Black Box, Cochlear etc on display at Powerhouse Museum in Sydney where I worked for many years.

[@spdensley1]

as many other commentators have stated the voice over was incorrect in how they said CSIRO, its actually an acronym the full name of the organisation is Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation

[@PBMS123]

The first CanadaArm was on the space shuttles. CanadaArm 2 is on the ISS

[@davidhynd4435]

We used to have both one and two dollar notes, but my recollection is that they were both back in the days of paper money. I don't think we had either denomination as plastic. The two dollar was green and the one dollar was brown. And they bought more things than the one and two dollar coins do now :)

[@robinharwood5044]

The one dollar was the same colour as the ten shilling note. The two dollar was the same colour as the pound note.

[@stevenmcguin5189]

Electric drill & refrigeration. Both invented in Australia.😉👍

[@judileeming1589]

I worked for the Patent Attorneys that patented the Cochlea Implants and hundreds of other inventions.

[@top40researcher31]

when you refer them as bill in australia its classed as notes

[@Flirkann]

Black Box - it's just a unit/module as far as the vehicle is concerned, needing to only provide it with input from the craft's systems and sensors, so it's internals are a "Black Box" of Mystery

[@bigoz1977]

There’s a top 10 video that’s a bit more impressive and surprising 👍🏻 from the black box flight recorder to the cochlear implant for the hard of hearing. And there is also a good video in relation to the money, I think it’s called how Aussie money changed the world.

[@discoveringnlwithkevin]

@@bigoz1977 I'm going to have to look into that one, there is another one that I have on my playlist to watch and react to as well.

[@MrDarkwing78]

“Secrets of the Australian Dollar” by Half-Asleep Chris would definitely interest you. Also, if you’re familiar with The Beatles song “Help”, you should listen to our own legend, the man lovingly known here simply as “The Voice”, the GOAT, John Farnham, doing his version with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. Firstly though, as I said, be familiar with the original, and secondly, start with his song “You’re the Voice” from the same concert, as it is a better lead up to get to know him first. Edit: Just realised, being from Newfoundland you should also know Celine Dion whole-heartedly loves him and describes him as HER idol.

[@21gioni]

My friend invented Satellite Navigation using maps and images. His first attempt was made when the first satellite was launched to assist Telephones calling. The image would appear on a 4” CRT monitor. He sold his invention before he died and his wife has the original unit installed in her car.

[@shaunlodge2648]

Your channel has increased so much since you started your Aussie virtual tour. It's a great channel and your presentation is so genuine. I've been with you since 300 approx subscribers. Cheers mate...live long and prosper Kev 🖖

[@simonmartin3864]

Well done mate. Again. An Aussie also invented the rotary engine in the early 1900's. A major invention.

[@melissajursa3748]

Dr Felix Wankle invented the rotary and was German

[@melissajursa3748]

I had a series 1 RX7 GT Savannah

[@melissajursa3748]

Australia $5 is pink $10 is blue, $20 is red, #50 is yellow and $100 is green

[@florencepierce1864]

Proud Aussie immigrnt (came 2 Aus '74 frm USA age), I can't say whch is my absolute fave: Cochlear Implant? Incrdible. Pacemaker? Awesome. (My relatives hve thm). Bt one tht effects billions around the World every day? Faster, More Efficient WiFi! I'm So Grateful, I Bow Down in Thanks ... All Hail to Fast WiFi & the Wireless Router!

[@The_Absolute_Dog]

Oh I love it! Reminds me of the next generations touch screens!

[@no_triggerwarning9953]

Australia had a $1 bank note and it was replaced by a coin in 1984. The $2 note was replaced by a coin in 1988. Australia also had 1 cent and 2 cent coins both of these were withdrawn in 1992, the price when paying in cash is now rounded up or down to the nearest 5 cents as this is now the smallest coin.

[@CLAWCUZBRO]

"The Stump Jump Plough " Thats often missed South Aussie farmer back in the day . lol in the 80s we used to call rugby Thugby ..an footy FootBrawl lol the lads were built diff back then .

[@bEverCurious]

Stump jump plow was mentioned at the very beginning.

[@R0d_1984]

Yes us star trek nerds know what LCARS (Library Computer Access and Retrieval System) is...

[@Jeni10]

The Cochlear Implant!

[@BobWobbles]

Love the Star Trek theme on your tablet.

[@daviddempsey8721]

The black box was originally black. Invented by a Dr David Warren an aviation expert struggling to do air crash investigation without used data. In 1953, while working at the Aeronautical Research Laboratories (ARL) of the Defence Science and Technology Organisation (DSTO) in Melbourne, Australian research scientist David Warren conceived a device that would record not only the instrument readings, but also the voices in the cockpit. In 1954 he published a report entitled "A Device for Assisting Investigation into Aircraft Accidents". DRDC is the Canadian version of DSTO.

[@Squeazy999]

Humidicrib for premature babies, microwave ovens, the Hills clothes hoist, velcro and of course the victa mower.

[@josephking6515]

Velcro, nah, that was brought to earth by aliens. I saw that in a documentary called *Men In Black.*

[@TheAussief1]

Black box I believe refers to it is a recording device only, so information goes in and doesn’t come out, like a black hole.

[@danielporter1218]

Bathurst is on this weekend - FYI Vegemite is also a derivative from Brewing!😂😂😂

[@G.H.O.S.T.254]

Professor Graham Clark, who designed the perfected the Cocklear Implant, is an old man now. About a decade ago, he declared that he refused to slow down despite his age and declared to the world he would go onto and design and build the first Bionic Eye implants to help the blind and visually impaired.

[@MsTtilly]

Psy-Roe? 😂 Try C-S-I-R-O. We pronounce each letter (quickly, so it sounds like a word) 😂

[@michaelmclachlan1650]

Apparently that's how the CSIRO pronounce it themselves and have done so for some time. You learn something new everyday.

[@MsTtilly]

@@michaelmclachlan1650 True!? 🤔 Well then, colour me embarrassed 😳 - 🤣

[@michaelmclachlan1650]

@@MsTtilly Don't worry, I'm in the same boat having pronounced it as C-S-I-R-O all my life. A few people have commented on the pronunciation and there's another reply to one of those with more detail. Additionally the person who created the original video knows people in the organisation and says that's what they call themselves. We on the outside however.............

[@michellebrooks8004]

My previous job was in a servo, any 50 or 100 notes were to be deposited straight into the safe before finalsing the transaction, it wouldn't accept fakes, at times it wouldn't accept good notes either. I only came across one I'm aware of was a fake, it felt thicker & the print was falling off it like paint flecks. We used to have 1 & 2 dollar notes, slang for a 50 is a pineapple (it's yellow), i call a 100 a melon (green). The Storm are pretty reliable at turnung up & having a crack, hope they win for you.

[@brianlove8413]

It isn't a Mitchell bearing, it is Michell bearing. They are used in turbochargers, turbines, ship propeller shafts etc.

[@johnholden1968]

WiFi is an Aussie invention. Penicillin medicine, The lawn mower/ Push mower. The Black box flight recorder,

[@mattyb7736]

Don't forget the rotary clothesline 😂

[@Dr_KAP]

We didn’t invent penicillin (it was never invented by anyone it was discovered by a Scot, Ian Fleming).. but we did have a major contribution in developing the medical use for penicillin. The pacemaker, cochlear implant and ultrasound are probably the biggest of the medical contributions 👍

[@johnholden1968]

@@Dr_KAP . My bad, I should have worded it differently, I ment discovered, but worded it wrong...thanks for pointing it out..cheers

[@Dr_KAP]

@@johnholden1968 oh no worries.. but please be aware it was not discovered by an Aussie either. But we were definitely in the team so we played a big role!

[@Rcod2013]

The combine harvester was first invented by Hedley Taylor in Henty (near Wagga Wagga new south wales) He then joined H V Mackey to produce the sunshine harvester. Every combine in the world derives from his design. Possibly the greatest invention in history by increasing the food supply for less labour allowing more people to work on other projects to help humanity.

[@EvanHart-d1n]

The airliner escapeslide/liferaft was invented by a Qantas employee.

[@privatenexus5764]

16:12 there is a movie about columns in the deaf community against hearing implants, as it implies being deaf needs a correction to make you a complete human.

[@kerrylynch449]

Hi Kev, I am impressed with your understanding of the game and I agree with your prediction of the outcome.

[@discoveringnlwithkevin]

@@kerrylynch449 said I was wrong... 😔

[@ronaldchristie8206]

Australia has the longest Road Trains in the world. Prime Mover with 2 to 7 trailers. The largest cattle station (Anna Creek cattle station) South Australia The longest Golf Course around 1500 klm Nulabor Links

[@davidharris1340]

As an aside, the inventor of The Hills Hoist, was named "Sam Hill," and came from Adelaide, South Australia.

[@krisushi1]

Kevin, never have I ever heard anyone refer to the C.S.I.R.O. as an abbreviated word of 'ciro'. I've was born and raised in this country for over five decades and lived close to one of their offices and this is the first time hearing this. Maybe it has changed over time, yet I still have not heard it stated as 'ciro' until in this video. Once those doing videos of reacting to our inventions reach WiFi and the Black Box Flight Recorder, they're pretty much stumped by shock. The Black Box has come in a range of colours, usually grey or black in early incarnations. Due to the visibility issue when searching, they have all been assigned the bright orange colour.🇦🇺💖

[@continental_drift]

Your Star Trek portal is very cool. I reckon Sheldon would be jealous.

[@gamortie]

Ah, LCARS…god bless Michael Okuda…

[@21gioni]

Australia contributed greatly to fiber optic cables for telecommunications. The first hand held LAN telephone was invented in 1976 making it that if you were in your backyard or garage working you could use the hand held phone and talk to whoever was calling you. I was a wireless handheld phone.

[@melissajursa3748]

Yet we have the worst internet speeds in the world

[@top40researcher31]

The Hills Hoist a australian icon

[@21gioni]

Refrigerator keeps my beer cold.

[@coraliemoller3896]

The significance of the depth of Melbourne Storm versus the Penrith Panthers is that Melbourne can draw NRL players from the whole of the state of Victoria since it is the only prime level “NRL Telstra Premiership” team in that state. There are 4 NRL teams in the state of Queensland spread out in regions: Brisbane Broncos, Sunshine Coast Dolphins, Gold Coast Titans, North Queensland Cowboys. However, Penrith is a suburban NRL club in Western Sydney. There are 9 NRL clubs in Sydney that share all the metropolitan NRL players. Penrith Panthers, Manly Sea Eagles, Parramatta Eels, Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs, Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks, St George-Illawarra Dragons, South Sydney Rabbitohs, East Sydney Roosters, Wests Tigers. So it’s an entire city team against a single local club. How good are the Panthers to get to the Grand Final against a behemoth like Melbourne?

[@hawke2325]

And win 😊

[@coraliemoller3896]

@@hawke2325 Yep!

[@richardmiller1345]

I hope they cover Our influence in the creation of the “Mounties”. We called them…”Black trackers” and “Trappers”. Same uniform, tactical theory and use.

[@babyangel861deb]

The Cricket Ball that they use for night matches was Australian also. (even though it was just a change of colour)

[@kirra72]

Hey, Kev. The team I follow, the Sharks, were knocked out last week. But, our Women are in the GF. Our NSW State division team, Newtown Jets, are playing the QLD State champions and our u/20's won their GF last week. The futures looking good.

[@paullees5705]

The most famous Aussie invention to have ever been made is the wine cask. Or commonly known as the "Goon bag." Its invention has enabled millions of young Aussies to carry and consume large quantities of mediocre wine. Without the fear of ever spilling a single drop.

[@bEverCurious]

and they make great waterproof pillows for the pool, after.

[@philllynch3265]

The original Black box was black, but it turned orange so it could be found easerly.

[@nevillehoward8736]

That is pretty funny.

[@tellyfaulkner3466]

Thank you. The behind the scenes look was interesting. Hi from Brisbane Aus

[@RolandjHearn]

I'm 62 years old and a proud aussie, I have never heard of "syro" as the pronunciation of CSIRO. It is always spelled out as just the letters. Other than that, this was pretty interesting.

[@Raz.C]

Dude, the Black Box is coloured brightly orange to help make it easier to find aster a crash.