The cochlear implant, first tested in Australia in 1978, helps people who are what?

Profoundly deaf. The receiver and the stimulator of the cochlear implant have been made as small and as simple as possible. Needing no battery, the bionic ear, as it is known, is designed to last a lifetime!

The Cooperative Research Centre for Waste Management and Pollution Control in Sydney has developed which of the following?

A process to remove arsenic from water. An innovative process removes arsenic from water very cheaply and very quickly without the use of expensive additives by increasing the rate of natural change using sunlight or ultraviolet lamp light!

The Australian Dual Flush Toilet was invented in what year?

1982. In 1982 the design, with two flush levels, was released onto an Australian market keen on water saving devices - sure beats the old way, a brick in the cistern to displace some of the water and lower the level!

From what animal has a Melbourne laboratory been able to extract a compound that helps fight acne?

In which Australian city is the largest aluminium object in the world, as at 2002?

Did Australia have the first system of pre-paid postage in the world?

The Owen Submachine Gun was an Australian invention. In which New South Wales town was the idea for the gun originally developed?

What disease is Charles Darwin now thought to have had?

Chagas Disease. Charles Darwin was quite sick in his later years. He is now believed to have caught Chagas Disease while in South America. This disease is caused by the bite of of a certain bug.

Charles had two famous grandfathers. One was Josiah Wedgwood on his mothers side, Who was the well known scientist on his fathers side?

Erasmus . Erasmus was known for his strange ideas, a bit like Charles at the time, and possibly pondered a little on the science of evolution for a while. Another of his whacky interests was air travel.

Charles had two famous grandfathers. One was Josiah Wedgwood on his mothers side, famous for pottery manufacturing. Who was the well known scientist on his fat

What disease is Charles Darwin now thought to have had?

Who invented polaroid photography?

Polaroid Corporation was founded in 1937 by Edwin H. Land. It is most famous for its instant film cameras, which reached the market in 1948, and continued to be the companys flagship product line until the February 2008 decision to cease all production in favor of digital photography products[1...].

In which country was the first patent for color television processed?

A German patent in 1904 contained the earliest proposal for color television, while in 1925 Vladimir Zworykin filed a patent disclosure for an all-electronic color television system. The first practical demonstration of television in color was given by Baird in 1928; he used mechanical scanning with

The first woman in space was ?

Kalpana Chawla...Valentina Tereshkova. It was on June 16, 1963 aboard the space vehicle Vostok 6. She was almost killed in 1969, when she and two fellow Cosmonauts were in a limousine procession with General Secretary Leonid Brezhnev. An Army officer opened fire on them, trying to assassinate Brezhne

Did Sir Fred Hoyle coin the term "Big Bang" theory?

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