One day I was out on some forest trails on my Mountain Bike and I came across a person lying with his ear pressed against the ground. He was mumbling away. “White 4WD, bull bar, driving lights, NSW registration plates.” I was impressed. “You ca…
On 21 April 1949 the first patent application was submitted for one. The creator of the TV series, “I Love Lucy” refined that patent with his own “in-the-lens” version. On 4 January 1954, Dwight Eisenhower was the first President to use one f…
I am impressed with the latest ultra-long-haul flight announcement by Qantas. It may be a reflection of just how the aeronautics industry has progressed in the last 119 years since Orville and Wilbur made their first 260-metre flight that this announ…
“Build a better mousetrap, and the world will beat a path to your door.” This expression has been taken literally by many inventors with over 4,400 mousetrap patents issued by the US Patents office alone. But what about the mouse. Not the cheese-…