Rob Reacts to... The most AMAZING Australian inventions

[@vk3crg]

As someone who’s worked in the technical side of television for over 20 years, Racecam is most certainly an invention. While a wireless camera is now days not a big deal, but in 1979 the ability to get live pictures from a moving race car around a complicated circuit like Mt Panorama (meaning there were multiple receivers located around the circuit as the radio signals would be patchy if there were only one receiver) is an incredible achievement. Also the director could control the camera remotely and commentators could have two way conversations with the driver is an incredible technical feat. Nowadays it’s not a big deal at all but back in 1979 that was a world leading game changer.

[@mehere8038]

Not a car racing fan, but I totally agree! It was also pretty amazing as a kid to actually be able to look at what the driver was seeing. I'm old enough to have experienced that & gone from hating the long weekend when parents were glued to the tv to actually wanting to see the racecam, so as to see the race from inside the car, really was incredibly different to the regular coverage. I remember as a kid, in the early days at least, they seemed to use it very little. Not sure if that was accurate or just an impatient kid's perspective, I'm thinking likely accurate in the first year or 2, due to technical difficulties with doing it, but I remember tollerating staying in the room for long enough to be able to actually see the race from inside the car, before going outside to play again & leaving parents in there watching the rest. Was a HUGE difference for viewers!

[@graemejohnson9025]

The original channel 7 race cam.. a helicopter follows the car, with someone standing on the skid, pointing the receiver at the car... down Conrod straight at Bathurst, the helicopter has to go high and dive to follow the car... And all that technology is now in any drone you can buy...

[@ianmontgomery7534]

@@graemejohnson9025 i can remember loading some flexible circuit boards which were used in racecams.

[@Ozvideo1959]

Racecam was definitely an innovation, and is in reality an invention. To be able to see what the drivers see nowadays is bog standard, but back then it was a huge leap in in-car vision technology that was adopted all over the world. Add to the all the other vision that Channel 7 cameras provided. You got vision of mechanics changing brake pads etc. It was briliant.

[@rossalynsmith5253]

I do remember this happening

[@davidb1630]

Actually, the racecam was an incredible invention. It was a special video camera that could be mounted in the race car and be controlled by the pit crew to swivel at 180 degrees and show either the instruments on the dash, out the front windscreen or out the front side or back side windows or rear window. It gave live views of what the driver saw. All this before portable video cameras were around and they were floating on their mounts so they didn't just bob up and down. Very cool and now in every country. This was big for the 1979, thanks to channel 7

[@davehocking4091]

Wasnt there some form of stabilisation also involved which made it watchable and not just black and white fuzz? I'm not sure on that its just something I heard.

[@dtewksbury]

Let's not forget the difficulty of being able to wirelessly transmit the video!

[@zybch]

@@dtewksbury That was probably the biggest achievement. Though there was an awful lot less interference back then compared to now, but its still amazing that it was doable back then at all.

[@RobWVideo]

They also had to have a helicopter hovering above the racetrack for the entirety of the race to relay the live video from the cars to the TV broadcast van, as the microwave video transmitters were line-of-sight only.

[@jemxs]

Also stump cam!! Wasn't as easy as your may think!

[@julesnagbunga1204]

Wifi, artificial skin, the rotary lawnmower, cats eyes reflectors (on the road white lines), the Black Box flight recorder, refrigeratation are some of the major Australian inventions.

[@graemejohnson9025]

You forgot Stubby Holder..

[@kayelle8005]

And the word Selfie

[@jemxs]

Cochlear implant!

[@totem9781]

@@kayelle8005 ❤ selfie

[@ryan_r849]

Aussies have invented some really cool things. Many medical, such as the Cochlear ear implant, pacemaker, HPV vaccine, and many more.

[@SxVaNm345]

The world would look quite different without our Aussie inventions, and here I thought European and Asian inventions were the most important. Go Australia!

[@timp1390]

Spray on skin

[@eddiel8708]

@@timp1390 That was invented asfter the Bali bombing, wasn't it Tim?

[@timp1390]

@@eddiel8708 yeah Dr Fiona (I've forgotten her surname). She got an order of Australia or Australian of the year for it

[@shana6197]

@@timp1390Dr Fiona Stanley! I believe

[@Teagirl009]

Here's just a few more - Electronic pacemaker, cochlear implant(bionic ear), spray on skin (for burns), Rotary outdoor clothesline-hillshoist, boxed wine, Polilight forensic tool.(allowing investigators to see otherwise invisible blood, fingerprints etc) invented by the Australian Federal Police in the 80s.

[@rossalynsmith5253]

Isn't that the blue light

[@brokensuave]

@@rossalynsmith5253 That would be a blue light, which would be a mono-light. A poly-light can emit multiple spectrum colours (Poly meaning multiple). Differing wave lengths will be reflected differently by different surfaces. Something that might not show up under one colour of light, may well show up under another colour of light.

[@mehere8038]

polylight needs adding to wiki!

[@worker-wf2em]

Kangaroo cranes

[@SH-qs7ee]

A few inventions and innovations to do with our love of the beach, surf and sea; The Surfski, Wave Piercing Catamaran, LifeSavers and the Surf Lifesaving Reels, the Shark Net, and the Winged Keel.

[@eclecticapoetica]

My brother developed the software that enabled the development of the winged keel. It wasn’t just CAD-CAM but predicted fluid dynamics.

[@nigelmcconnell1909]

When I was backpacking in the UK I got a job on a dairy farm (as I grew up on one) and I picked up a book on milking machines in the owner's bookshelf. The first chapter was on the history of the development of different machines and then it said "But then all these previous ideas where superseded by the invention of Alexander Gillies of Terang, Australia"......... That's two doors down from were I grew up! And I'd never heard of it!!!!

[@melissabarrett9750]

Of course you would know what someone was referring to if they mentioned a "roto-lac" or "rotalac".

[@Breetai_SDF-1]

A big one that gets overlooked is the refrigerator.

[@redwarpy]

My Mum worked for Ausonics during this time and was one of the team who made the motherboards. She was very excited to tell us about it.

[@michaelfink64]

Yes, there are more than 10 things. Others include the bionic ear, cardiac pacemaker, cervical cancer vaccine, plastic spectacles, the wine cask, rotary clothes line, stump jump plough, spray on skin, Frazier lens (allows objects in the foreground and background to be in focus at the same time).

[@debeeriz]

ned kelly invented the bullet proof vest

[@arconeagain]

The plastic electric kettle and power board were both invented in the same garage on Kambrook Road, Melbourne. Most should identity with this.

[@Lolliegoth]

Bit like Poms say 'hoover' the floor - we say - grab a 'Kambrook' meaning power board.

[@arconeagain]

@@Lolliegoth really? Turns out he invented it because of a lack of power points for his electrical experiments. It's hard to believe that power boards weren't around already, so maybe someone can correct me on this.

[@brasschick4214]

@@arconeagain can’t believe he didn’t patent it 🤦‍♀️

[@philipandrew1626]

The Hills Hoist Cloths Line is an invention that revolutionised backyard play for children across the nation as well as a drinking aid for drunk adolescents suspending their wine bags during outdoor drinking games. Oh and it can dry cloths the next day.

[@janined5784]

The chap who actually invented it had to go and fight in Europe in WWI. When he came home he discovered his idea had been stolen and marketed by some guy. Very despicable!

[@teejayhaych149]

James Harrison invented and patented refrigeration right here in Geelong back in the 1850's. Pretty amazing😊

[@nickt6965]

Any "true blue" Aussie needs to get his beer cold, otherwise people might think he's a pom

[@rodneypayne4827]

One thing missing for airlines is the High Terrain beacon, the flashing lights on hills and mountains. This was after a fatal crash of a DC3 into Mount Dandenong outside of Melbourne Victoria during heavy fog, this was the same accident that the black box was created after. Usually Red they also appear on media relay towers for the same reason. Now they are in use world wide. Of note some are white and are markers for night navigation and usually non flashing but light say a low range of hills for example.

[@seratonin7004]

Excellent commentary! The Black Box flight recorder was developed by Dr David Warren, in conjunction with a team from Defence Science and Technology (DST) in Melbourne, Australia. Dr Warren wanted this technology shared and implemented in airlines around the world, so he chose not to patent or charge fees to access his design.

[@WatchingDude]

The Hills Hoist is another one, a rotary clothesline. The Victa lawn mower.

[@TheLyds01]

Ute, spray on skin, bionics, pacemaker, latex gloves, cpap masks, contact lenses, refrigerator, hills hoist, power board, notebooks (paper kind not computer), quantum bit, kangaroo drain, polilight forensic lamp, just to name a few more lol

[@nunya2171]

they missed 3 of the best, The Ute (invented by a farmer near geelong in conjunction with Ford), The combine harvester and the cochlear ear implant. And a special 4th one just for u Rob, the mullet (which to my understanding has an actual practical origin from shearers).

[@mehere8038]

Are they on wiki? Cochlear is, but pretty sure none of the others are. Please add them if you know the background to do so. The US page has a tonne of crap just to get their invention numbers up, we need to add our good stuff just to beet them on it :)

[@techo61]

4:28 RaceCam, you're missing the point Rob, it not simply a camera in a race car, the camera is simply an image converter in this application. This 'invention' was all about broadcasting live images from the car to the network centre at the track all the while controlling the zoom and direction packaged in a lightweight and compact set discreetly located, and secured, so the teams had no concerns about it adversely affecting the outcome of the race. Now go and think of the year this was done and what was available at the time.

[@robynmurray7421]

Rob, if you are planning on driving outside the cities while in Australia, don't rely solely on Google maps or GPS. These will often take you on a route that may appear more direct but have bad road surfaced, narrow rural roads or may even be suitable only for four wheel drives. By all means use Google maps but be sure to take along a good paper road map as well to double check in case Google leads you astray.

[@edwardlansdowne291]

The most up to date info on local road conditions is gotten from the Servo (gas station ) I've always made a point of asking staff at the petrol station near where I need to go and usually they're happy to give you a rundown on local conditions and if there's local resident within earshot they too will volunteer their knowledge. Aussies are helpful people , not always but nearly.

[@erincarter9457]

You’d have to be pretty far off the beaten track. The bigger issue is no reception to access directions.

[@originalpottsy]

Google maps has settings to avoid different types of roads, like dirt tracks, 4wd, and toll roads. Hardly anyone uses them but I do in my tourism business. Same with most apps where people just use the app as it's installed without checking out what settings will help your preferences.

[@barnowl5774]

@@erincarter9457 Some years ago we were at a wedding reception on Mt. Dandenong near Melbourne. A couple at our table were complaining that they were dreading going back down the mountain at night. They had followed google-type directions and had come up the mountain on scary, dirt tracks. We suggested they go out to the sealed, quality road, at the front of the reception centre, turn left and drive easily down the mountain. They were gob-smacked.

[@erincarter9457]

@@barnowl5774 I think things have improved a lot in recent years. We live rurally and it used to be that google maps didn’t know a stack of the roads. It is far more up to date these days.

[@mathewkelly9968]

Missed a couple on this list like IVF , the bionic ear that easily could have made it .

[@Lolliegoth]

I thought IVF would be number 1! Think of all the families and the first 'test tube' baby!

[@rikmoran3963]

Well, they didn't invent IVF. That was a Britsh invention with the inventors winning the Nobel prize, with the first 'test tube' baby (Louise Brown) being born in 1978. Australia did much work on this in the 80s and were definitely pioneers that set standards for treatment, but they didn't invent it! The Cochlear implant also isn't an Australian invention. It's true they invented a better version (multi channel), but then so did an Austrian at the same time who implanted it in a patient before it was done in Australia.

[@Craznar]

In 1979 - putting a camera in a race car was an invention, it was an incredible technological achievement and they had to invent technologies to allow for power, stabilisation, transmission to the studio etc etc. Saying it isn't an invention is like saying the black box isn't an invention because it was just a recorder with sensors.

[@fugawiaus]

From memory they had to fly the chopper over the car to pick up the signal.

[@yesterdayschunda1760]

Racecam was 100% invented in Australia, Live during a race the commentators can get in contact with the drivers for live in race interviews as well as live in car footage of what is happening in the cars, before this it didn't exist for motorsports. So basically livestreamed car races in 1979.

[@danielflack7902]

Inventing a live, wireless racecam was a big achievement in the seventies.

[@blairchristie910]

Hills hoist clothesline is my favourite

[@geofftottenperthcoys9944]

Also I think the powered lawnmower.

[@Lolliegoth]

Great to swing on as a kid = then get the belt by Dad when it bent!

[@WatchingDude]

Yes, Fleming discovered penicillin by accident. He left some Petri dishes unattended while we went on holiday. When he returned he discovered penicillin had landed in the dish by accident. It was Florey who took the idea and discovered how to mass produce penicillin.

[@zybch]

And used cantaloupes as a grow medium. Especially useful in conflicts like vietnam etc.

[@LikkieAU]

I think your 2020s vision is underestimating what I actually took to “put a camera in a car” back in 1979.

[@WatchingDude]

Racecam is an invention because it is the creation of a small portable camera with wireless transmission of both sound and video. This was not thought possible at the time.

[@margi9103]

The dual flush toilet is another Aussie invention.

[@elizabethscott7660]

As was sticking a Brick in the cistern😂

[@hart-of-gold]

Refidgeration powerful enough to freeze food (and make ice) was invented in Australia. Before that ice was imported mostly from North America with about 40% of the ice being lost during transit. The plants could be fitted to ships allowing Australia to export food to the UK. An important one that we ready take for granted today because it's almost impossible to live without refidgeration now.

[@barnowl5774]

The Aussies should have done a quick to the nearby Antarctic. HA! Ha!

[@KarinainOZ]

I’d add the amazing cochlear implant in my top 10 Aussie inventions. Watch a video of a baby/toddler having its implant switched on for the first time. The joy and amazement in the child’s face brings happy tears to my eyes. On Florey, I saw a quote from Robert Menzies which said something like ‘Howard Florey has saved more lives than any other Australian.’ I have Florey to thank for penicillins saving my life as do my bestie, her hubby and both kids. Thanks Howard!

[@mehere8038]

Deaf kids (and adults) are quite capable of living very fulfilling lives without mechanical sounds you know. That might "bring a tear to your eye", but you know that what they hear is nothing like what you hear right? That they have to spend extensive time learning how to interpret a series of near identical mechanical clunks in the years after that. The turn on footage is used to impress able bodied people, but it gives you a totally wrong & ableist attitude towards Deaf people. I get tears in my eyes reading your comment, but they are certainly NOT tears of joy at your misunderstanding of what you are seeing!

[@rowanbrecknell4021]

1:45 I had a mate when I was working out the mines. His girlfriend used the map to come to the camp to see him. It sent her on the grasstree road in a hatchback. She destroyed that car and got bogged. Don't follow those maps use your eyes and instincts.

[@JayWhy1964]

Racecam should really be considered an innovation, rather than an invention. Australian motorsports pioneered the use of on-board cameras to give the viewer the driver's perspective of a race. Okay, I stand corrected, Racecam was an invention not an innovation 👍

[@kenw2535]

They were the 1st to do live broadcast from the car

[@charliew4823]

Yes John you're right but I bet if it happened in the USA every user would be paying through the nose to use it.

[@JayWhy1964]

@@charliew4823 You're right Charlie, I bet someone does anyway

[@Smokey7186]

How did they do it before wifi was widely available?

[@JayWhy1964]

@@Smokey7186 microwave radio transmitters

[@arconeagain]

Here's one that will get your back up then Rob, the 8 hour day was invented in Melbourne. By the way, I knew the electric drill was invented in Australia, Melbourne in fact. I don't believe it was initially made on the scale that most think of, like a cordless drill. I have a particular interest in early Melbourne industry and design. My grandfather was an inventor.

[@erincarter9457]

An ancestor of mine was behind the 8 hour work day.

[@wallywombat164]

Don't quote me Robbo but, i think the 7 day week, the 24 hour day and the monthly calander were all invented in Aust. Australia even taught the Pomms how to whinge mate, as i'm sure you'll no dought discover when you get to Vic and SA. I hope this helps you bofe mate.

[@barnowl5774]

You should have received your education in Victoria or South Australia because then you might know how to spell and punctuate!!

[@wallywombat164]

@@barnowl5774 G'day Bar Nowl. I dont give a hoot but, Wear did i go rong pleese mate?

[@robparsons1527]

Flemming, Florey and Chain shared a Nobel prize for their work. Racecam developed an entirely new camera to have in a race car, if it was just another camera someone would have done it decades earlier, so I think it very much was a new invention.

[@paulboyd9171]

Qantas A330-200 Reg: VH-EBC December 15 2019 Evacuated by slides due to hydraulic leak. 2 people hospitalised due to injuries received during the evacuation. Sorry to be pedantic, but just thought it should be known. Keep up the great work Rob, and have a great time when you visit Straya.

[@WaDarkPhoenix]

Disagree that Racecam wasnt important. It wasnt the act of mounting a camera, it was finding a way to transmit the pictures for broadcast from a camera that wasn't physically connected

[@IceWolfLoki]

Yep the only comparable thing at the time would have been the cameras used in the moon landings. But applying that to a race car would have been significantly different especially at a price that was economical for a broadcaster.

[@louisekindred0059]

The CSIRO stands for " Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation."... Australian Government. They also help young inventors with their products to refine them. CSIRO products include Aerogard that repels mosquito's and flies biting. Although originally they needed a formula to use on fly blown sheep in 1938 it became noticed and a formula was created to help our soldiers cope with insects during the war. Ask any Australian, everyone uses it around bbq's and beaches. .... They were first to invent Softly which is a fabric softener. It enabled the wool industry to wash at extremely high temperatures to kill bacteria without shrinkage after it was found that woollen blankets used in hospitals harboured germs ... They also made the Hendra Virus Vaccine Equivac HeV... to protect the horses in the equine industry from the deadly virus. Australian's have invented many things, mechanical to saving lives, to making life easier. Some of course are totally invented by Australians other's by playing a big part in a collaborative relationship. We are proud of what we provide and produce especially when it's for the betterment of everyone 😁🤗

[@ianmontgomery7534]

I think the most important Australian invention is the disposable latex gloves which are use by surgeons, nurses, housewives, industry (just about anyone who wants to protect their hands)etc. Ansell, who also make condoms, invented them and also make heavy duty rubber gloves for industry..

[@Fabio-ns4ql]

Prof Graeme Clark Bionic ear is a big one they missed. Hills clothesline hoist. Over the horizon radar. A Scotsman living in Australia, so we will claim it, invented TV. The lawnmower.

[@stephenprince7600]

The cochlear Clark's cochlear implant was the first multichannel implant. Single channel implants were already in existence.

[@cyclops92]

Infra-red door detectors for elevators were invented in Australia.

[@mrd4785]

The CSIRO is our government funded science agency. It got a mention for WiFi and polymer notes during this video but its contribution to the world scientific community and Australia goes far beyond just these few things. We have another government agency that got privatised a while ago called Commonwealth Serum Labs (CSL) that developed Gardisil, which is used to vaccinate girls all over the world against HPV as a preventative against cervical cancer. They're also the #1 company in a duopoly of businesses that produce blood plasma globally, but where do you stop with medicines I guess? Commonwealth Bank used to be a government entity as well but it got privatised and now it is by far the biggest bank in Australia. I just wonder how far the human race could go if we gave scientists the space and time just to follow their passion and invent things. Everything in the commercial world is tied to short term success and profits, and CEOs generally want to show near term things that eventuate during their tenure. I love capitalism but I'm just making the point that there are a few things that we take for granted now that wouldn't exist if it weren't for some Australian government institutions and some passionate people. I gained a chemistry degree at university but I was a bit shocked that there is hardly any R&D taking place in a lot of scientific fields now in the private sector in Australia, and this means that a lot of our best and brightest people are grossly underpaid and never get to realise their true potential, compared to places like Germany for example. A lot of scientists end up becoming accountants and other things in the end now unfortunately.

[@techo61]

...and engineers become contract watchers, it's a sorry state and too sad really?

[@jgsheehan8810]

There are a few others that deserved mention. Cochlear ear implants for one. Oh well. But don’t knock the Racecam, it was a big advance in sports broadcasting. You prob weren’t born Rob 🤣 but for the first time they bolted a tv camera into a race car, complete with a mic and earpiece for the driver and were able to give you the drivers eye view live while the car was barrelling around Mt Panorama… and then conduct a live interview with the driver! It was groundbreaking tech and was picked up around the world. Over the years the cameras have now shrunk dramatically. You should have a look into the early ones. Try this one, I haven’t viewed it yet kzbin.info/www/bejne/pITYnXiHpZmgmsU

[@yesterdayschunda1760]

Racecam was 100% invented in Australia, Live during a race the commentators can get in contact with the drivers for live in race interviews as well as live in car footage of what is happening in the cars, before this it didn't exist for motorsports.

[@KazzaRazza003]

No one has mentioned the Esky!

[@bigoz1977]

Luck I kept watching the video,I was about to say the penicillin fact then you popped up with the fact check lol also the electric shearer’s for sheep, which obviously brought about beard trimmers and hair clippers 😉

[@x5-acousticguitarstuff.2]

Australian here. When I was 8 Years old in 1972... I invented the KAWASAKI Uni-Trak Motocross Suspension. I still have the Drawings I did a School. KAWASAKI DID NOT KNOW about my Idea... lol In 1979 Kawasaki came out with a Uni-Trak KX 80 Motocross bike. And I was the FIRST Person in Australia to buy it.

[@bigfella6629]

I believe the photocopier was also developed in OZ. Also in regard to the racecam.. sure you can mount just any video camera in a car, but the racecam could be remotely controlled from outside the vehicle and also broadcast live footage from inside the car to your tv...never done before.

[@jimr4354]

Howard Florey is 1 of the greatest Australians. He led a team of international scientists that discovered penicillin. The antibiotic saved millions of lives in WW11 and so many more since in all of it's derivatives. Florey is the most underappreciated Australian probably due to the time factor now. The discovery was made over 80 years ago and the country has failed to give due credit to him. Re cameras, it's more of a case of design and innovation to suit the sport. Applicable in stump cam in cricket too. Yes the black box which is orange. Amazing strength to withstand damage. Re safety, well you'll be flying the safest airline in the world in Qantas. Has been some amazing piloting over the years to save lives probably no more than the loss of all engines due to ash over Asia.

[@IceWolfLoki]

He was put on a coin though.

[@blueycarlton]

I thought he was on the old $50 note.

[@jimr4354]

@@blueycarlton True. That's not a bad honour but still believe his contribution to science is under appreciated. Most generations wouldn't know of his outstanding achievement(s) and how dramatically it changed so many lives especially at that time.

[@blueycarlton]

Here is one for you Rob. Henselite bowling balls invented in Australia. Previous bowls were wood and were effected by heat. Sprinters starting blocks also an Australian invention. Butterfly stroke in swimming Freestyle originally called The Australian Crawl. Indoor cricket, polocrosse, new vogue dancing.

[@jenniferharrison8915]

The CSIRO is absolutely incredible! 😁

[@ricohact]

I think you totally missed the concept of racecam, here’s a short video explaining the significance. kzbin.info/www/bejne/r3qxq3Wpq7mLb6M The ability to transmit live in car camera vision and hear commentary with the drivers during a race broadcast was extraordinary at the time.

[@eddiel8708]

I was waiting for video to mention the Cochlear Implant. I wear one and it greatly changed my life, Rob.

[@RobReacts1]

I think I need to do a seperate video for all the others!!

[@johnfranke9655]

The racecam was fitted in race cars at Bathurst, it beamed live tv to a helicopter and bounced back to channel 7 and televised all over the world in real time, no delayed telecast

[@johnwhear9600]

Florey had commercial quantities of penicillin ready for the Normandy landings in 1944. Would've helped saved countless allied troop lives.

[@chrisayles7694]

Another medical life saver from many years ago was the “iron lung”

[@jayweb51]

Howard Florey didn't discover Penicillin, it was discovered by English doctor Alexander Fleming by accident; Howard Florey was incharge of clinical trials of Penicillin, and found a way to make it more potent which made it more effective in fighting bacteria.

[@christophersimons128]

Yep wanted to add the bionic ear, lawnmower, rotary clothesline, wine cask.

[@citybeatdisco19]

Of course probably most used Aussie invention by many people is the wine cask :). Another now common one is the garage roller door, invented in 1955. In more specialist areas, the Cochlear implant for hearing impaired was invented in '70s. In 1902 a Tasmanian shop owner glued a number of paper sheets together with a Cardboard backing glued to them. World's first notepad. Before then paper was only by the sheet(s). While computers of course weren't, the 4th electronic stored program computer (like what would now be a hard drive) ever built in the world was built by the CSIRO in 1949. It was the first ever computer that also played music. CSIRAC as the computer is named is now on display at Scienceworks in suburb of Spotswood. It takes up an area that's size of a large bedroom. (Scienceworks has a planetarium, lightning room, as well as many great displays, many interactive). Of course it can't operate now, but CSIRAC is the only of those 4 still existing (first 2 were in UK, 3rd was in the U.S. kzbin.info/www/bejne/r6mngoaiqryUg9U (fun thing to try, guessing what the letter in acronyms CSIRO & CSIRAC stand for -lol)

[@rowanbrecknell4021]

MY Uncle's funeral tomorrow. Very smart man a Fitter and Turner, a school teacher. Right into his computers. He got into lazer cutting and making plans for aeroplanes and custom cars.I talked to him picked his brains but I did not get it all. We had good times.

[@rowanbrecknell4021]

My Sister was having a crack at me about a fight 10 years ago. I was walking past a night club and the bloke said I would not get in with those shoes. I said what would make you think I wanted to go into your shitty night club. He got on his 2 way. I said call your mates you will need them. My brother threw me me in a cab as the police were coming.

[@rowanbrecknell4021]

Not even a fight

[@kayelle8005]

Sorry for your loss Rowan.

[@rowanbrecknell4021]

@@kayelle8005 He was a great bloke and taught and inspired me. Always looking out for others and to the future. He converted a Hilux to electric. When he could not ride a bicycle he got on the net and found plans for a 3 wheeler. When he could not pedal it he got and electric motor for it. Thanks for your care.

[@rowanbrecknell4021]

I got up again today. I set up and egg incubator and machined a shaft for a machine I am building. I hope the eggs go ok. If it stops halfway through it can be a disgusting mess.

[@melissabarrett9750]

Rob, I am really impressed by how interested you are in Australia. Hopefully when you get here, it will exceed all your hopes for friendliness, comfort and hospitality.

[@RobReacts1]

Yea we cant wait! Dreaming of a Gaytime! :D

[@melissabarrett9750]

@@RobReacts1 The streets Golden Gaytime, I hope. Not the type you would find in Darlinghurst, in Sydney. 😅

[@RobReacts1]

@@melissabarrett9750 haha yep the ice cream!

[@pensiveboogie]

RaceCam was not just a car-mounted camera. It was a complex system involving at least one helicopter, and one or more racing cars with live broadcasts during the race. Also motor mower, rotary clothes lines, cochlear implant so the deaf can hear, wine casks, the next one is not necessarily an invention. Due to our abundance of toxic snakes, spiders, box jellyfish, cone fish and the like, many scientists at places like the CSIRO and CSL (Commonwealth Serum Laboratories) are amongst the first to develop antivenoms, initially as antidotes to combat infections from these creatures, but also to develop treatments for medicine in general. For example the venom from some snakes has an impact on blood clotting.

[@tomwareham7944]

We also invented the taken for granted Left handed screwdriver and the footlong Vegemite scented Condom , sold all over the world except Pomgolia for some unknown reason . We invented the wine Cask and drinkable beer , the motorised lawn mower and The long weekend , the sports utility vehicle (UTE ) and the non returnable boomerang also known as a stick , the unquestioned full money back guarantee for defective parachutes and the rotary clothes line , the list goes on and on suffice to say there's not a day goes by someone somewhere doesn't look up towards the Southern Cross and silently thanks Australia for an invention that's made their life more meaningful .

[@1isdom]

😂😂🇦🇺👍🏽

[@jeffbarkla3724]

🤣😂😄👍

[@krpurple2678]

I remember learning about Flemming and Florey at primary school in the late 1960s. I always assumed they were a double act.

[@rowanbrecknell4021]

4:14 we had seat belts before the USA. We had an old Dodge Pheonix it had no seat belts. It was a DB6

[@rowanbrecknell4021]

4:42 We go hard here in Australia. You know that stone in your shoe we get it out we don't put up with it. The back shed is the most important thing in the country. The back shed must be subsidised.

[@profonde3460]

The racecam wasn't just re the camera, it was also the technology for continuous live vision from a moving car, & covering a large area, they invented. Come to think of it they pretty much invented live streaming :P

[@geofftottenperthcoys9944]

Love the "dangerous wildlife" quip at the end! Big up!

[@tonysidaway1428]

Another forgotten Australian invention is the Wine Cask. quote: The process for packaging 'cask wine' (boxed wine) was invented by Thomas Angove, a winemaker from Renmark, South Australia, and patented [1] by his company on April 20, 1964.[

[@williamhardes8081]

mechanical wool shears, flying shears used in billet steel production, laser topographical surveying.

[@mjustjeanette7026]

The thing with RACECAM was that it was real-time broadcast from a fast moving vehicle.

[@rowanbrecknell4021]

The orbital engine it never gets mentioned. It has dissapeared 50 cc the torque of 2 429 ford motors.

[@Wandafulofit]

Jaws of life is an Aussie invention

[@bEverCurious]

2 reasons people fear flying over driving or boats: 1. Driving is everyday for most people, whereas flying isn't 2. Cars and boats are still at ground level with a perception you can survive. Planes literally fall out of the sky. It's called a black box because was originally black, later changed to orange to make it stand out in water nd snow.

[@geoffreycoury1171]

What about the cardiac pacemaker? What about X-ray Crystallography? These are but a few of many Australian inventions that have changed the world. Necessity truly is the mother of invention!!

[@rowanbrecknell4021]

6:44 My Uncle got into Ultralight planes. He said they were safer than motorbikes. Just don't crash in a field a cross the plough lines. It can get rough.

[@BlueNeahno]

The idea of wifi was a known thing but the CSIRO harnessed it so that it could be utilised successfully. Florrie and his associates did the same with Penicillin turning it into a useable product.Both Rutherford and Florrie received a Nobel prize for it although Rutherford is usually accredited as the ‘inventor’ of penicillin.

[@theiaofseed]

I'm surprised the pacemaker wasn't on this list.

[@kaafromoz]

I know you disagreed about the in car camera tech saying well there is just a camera but Channel 7 took it one step further every year, cameras inside the car outside the car and gave the audience the ability to see the drivers skills and even chat with them live while in the race. The best examples come from out famous Mt Panorama Bathurst 1000 motor race where i remember Peter Brock (The King Of The Mountain) was taking us for a lap around the mountain circuit with his arm on the door window and one hand on the wheel ahh memories. So yes a camera but taken to the next level by Aussie ingenuity. Keep Safe Keep Strong 🦘🦘🦘

[@martywest6388]

I'm surprised the bionic ear didn't rate. Hey Rob, that beard makes your haircut look half ok

[@RobReacts1]

Well that was a backhanded compliment 🤣

[@petercrispin2129]

The world's greatest coffee: Nescafe Blend 43, world's greatest sport: AFL, world's greatest tasting salty yeast on a spoon: Vegemite, world's greatest harbour: Sydney Harbour, world's most colourful rocks: Blue Mountains, opals, Ayers Rock, Wave Rock, The Olga's, the greatest barrier reef... 😂

[@nakaidakahn8283]

Bir eastern states centric are we?

[@petercrispin2129]

@@nakaidakahn8283 where is Ayers Rock, The Olga's and Wave Rock?

[@nakaidakahn8283]

@@petercrispin2129 it's actually Uluru which is in northern territory.

[@blueycarlton]

Mobile two way radio, stump jump plough, an early form of television in the 1880's called telephane, rechargeable batteries, the clapboard used in movie making, the first feature film, stay-sharp knife, over the horizon radar (Jindalee Project), Lawrence Hargreave's curved wing effect, essential to manned powered flight. This was incorporated into his work with box kite design which the Wright Bros. were fully aware of.

[@rowanbrecknell4021]

9:29 Brace n bit was the go I think I still have one or two. 20 years ago on the rail lines we just used an old crank handle with a drill bit. Realiable 100% Slow 100%

[@themaxpowerway]

To the original video makers....it's losing, not loosing at 6:12

[@davidcarter4247]

CSIRO is Australia's premier scientific organisation. They work across many fields from agriculture to space. The Apollo program used CSIRO facilities including the Moon walk which was beamed through one of them to NASA. CSIRO was the polymer bank note and rarely thought of these days, the developer of grains that would produce high yields in the dry conditions. Combined with its research into livestock and wool, was key to Australia's agricultural prosperity. There is very good video on KZbin about why Australia is so rich despite an economy built on agriculture and minerals: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aXKzpIiKeZalbc0 Hint: It was claimed Australian mining could deliver coal to the bottom a Welsh coal mine at a low cost than it would take to get it out again.

[@anthonywhelan5419]

The whipper snipper. The first full length movies were made in the 1890s in Melbourne - the life of Christ and Ned Kelly.

[@artflyer8775]

My Dad invented those blowers(you know, the ones that blow leaves) in the 1980's, I still remember him making the proto type. But stihl got the idea and stole it from dad, and the made a fortune from dads invention. We never got a cent from them, although dad was working at the local council and the council gave dad $100 and that was all

[@davidareeves]

#6.5 CricketCAM, works by taking a picture as the grass grows 1 mm :P

[@dee-smart]

Our major labs are the CSIRO - stands for Commonwealth Scientific Industrial Research Organisation.

[@anitachopping]

I would like to add the bionic ear and the rotary cloth line.

[@thisearththeonlyheaven]

Milo beverage, Keyline design/Yeomans plow, Permaculture

[@jimjacobs2817]

I believe an Australian figured out that stomach ulcers are caused by Helicobacter pylori. The solution - Penicillin mate! [Fleming left a petri dish of bacterium out and some Penicillium fungus grew on in. This killed the bacteria near the fungus. Flemming, Chaim and Abraham et. al. extracted and refined it. Chaim wanted to patent it but Florey refused saying it belonged to all mankind]

[@rowanbrecknell4021]

3:20 the old $20 note I think it was Hargraves with his box Kites. Then the Wright Brothers made the first plane. Flight was invented here.

[@techo61]

Birds invented 'flight'! Sorry, couldn't resist.

[@fryaduck]

@@techo61 actually insects did. No resistance at all.

[@soka1268]

I rember as a 12year old sitting infront of the TV watching the race with my dad and his mates. when we saw the images from inside the car one of them said it was prerecorded video from practice, everyone in the room just about died of shock when they relised it was live images from the car during the race on a LIVE broadcast.

[@DaveWhoa]

we also invented the word "selfie". brilliant

[@keithkearns93]

I think many people have forgotten, racecam was originally called steady cam.

[@geoffreywheatley7711]

There are enough Australian inventions out there to maybe do a second video, for instance the Stump Jump Plough which revolutionised farming was invented in 1876 in South Australia by Richard and Clarence Smith.

[@RobReacts1]

I think I will! Found a website with lots on. That may be better

[@peterlinsley4287]

Thought every day things like rotary clothes line from Mr Hill (Hills host) Powered lawn mower (victor) and the eski (cooler bin, chilli bin) depends were you are what you call it would have made the list. Australian call it an Eski was the name of the company that first made them.

[@yesterdayschunda1760]

A fun one is an Australian scientist invented a microbe that eats the "chemicals in the water that turned the friggin frogs gay" but the EPA kinda ignores it all and says that chemical is harmless.

[@bradclayton8064]

One thing the Aussies invented that has nothing to do with safety is the Army Tank.... unreal hey 🦘

[@brianjarred340]

The technology to have live tv in race cars was invented in Australia