9 surprising Australian innovations that changed the world
By now, most Australians know that our university researchers were behind the invention of the bionic ear, but more often than not, the world tends to focus more on our venomous snakes and spiders and overly muscular kangaroos than anything coming out of our labs. But the reality is that Australia puts out 3.9 percent of the world's research, with only 0.3 percent of the world's population, and a lot of that research has been translated into inventions and products that you use everyday… like penicillin and Wi-Fi. Unfortunately, without adequate funding, these typ
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