AAV (Ageless Aerospace Vehicle) - can monitor itself and its environment, learn and adapt, and make and implement decisions
Absolute Salinity Standard - a new international thermodynamic description of seawater, cast in terms of a new salinity which gives an accurate measure of the heat content of seawater for inclusion in ocean models and climate projections; initiated by the Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research – See Science adopts a new definition of seawater, 2009 (Media Release)
ACBM (Autonomous Conveying/Bolting Module) - for roofs in coal mines
AMZ (Australian Milking Zebu) - a breed of tick-resistant, heat-tolerant dairy cattle produced by CSIRO; animals and semen have been exported and the breed is now being used in dairy cattle improvement programs
Annodex™ - an interactive plugin for browsing through webs of video
Antenna feed system for the AUSSAT-B (Optus B) satellite - helped revolutionise the satellite industry, worth about US$10 billion annually world-wide. CSIRO showed that computer-based methods could be used to halve the antenna part of this industry's cycle-time (one of the slowest parts of the overall development cycle), from 4 years to about 2 years or less. Computer code analysing antennas on-board spacecraft - developed in a three-year contract (1995-97) with Boeing Space and Communications (formerly Hughes); this was the main tool used by Boeing for about three years for design of spacecraft antennas.
AP-design - software to monitor energy consumption
Aplcrates - software that calculates spare part allowances by assembling the necessary data
APSIM (Agricultural Production Systems sIMulator) - software, uses climate data together with soil nitrogen and water levels to calculate potential crop performances
Aqualab - submersible on-site logger instrument which gathers and transmits essential data on water quality
ASKAP (Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder) - instrument for the full Square Kilometre Array. The arrays will be part of a new ultra-high resolution visualisation system, CSIROvision, and will extend OptIPortal technology developed by the University of California.
ASPDS (Airport Pavement Structural Design System) - software commercialised by the spin-off company Mincad System P/L
Assembly Planning - software for the design of assembly line processing
ATLAS - instrument for measuring wool staple length and strength
Atlas of Living Australia - an online encyclopaedia of Australian biodiversity providing information, maps and images of all species of Australian plants, animals and micro-organisms; a collaboration between the CSIRO, state and national museums, departments and universities
AUSLCI (Australian Life Cycle Inventory) - database which allows users to assess and compare products across a number of industries and to choose those likely to give the best environmental impact performance; developed in conjunction with the Australian Life Cycle Assessment Society, EPA Vic, PACIA, Sustainability Vic, RMIT Centre for Design and FWPRDC
AusPig - software, pig farming decision support system – See Better decisions bring home the bacon, 2000 (Media Release)|http://www.csiro.au/files/mediarelease/mr2000/AUSPIG.htm]
AusPlague - software for management of contact-spread diseases in wildlife
Australian Blood (also known as Australian Red Centre) - Citrus australasica varietal; cross between native finger lime and Rangpur lime – See New CSIRO lime varieties (Achievement)
AusZEH - Australia's first Zero Emission House showcases off-the-shelf building and renewable energy-generation technologies, and new future-ready energy management systems – See also Zero Emission House (Profile - Project)
Automated Horadiam - a specialised fully automated mining platform that will drill, survey and load explosives from a large diameter shaft drilled through the ore-body (developed in collaboration with WA School of Mines (Curtin) and Geographe Enterprises)
Autotrough - automatic solar-powered watering trough that cools drinking water for stock, marketed by Monopumps Australia (Pty Ltd)
Aztec - cultivar, rust-resistant strain of the pasture legume Siratro – See Pastures for the north
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Baclash - jetting compound for prevention of blowfly-strike in sheep
baNDIcoot™ rapid inspection system - a self-contained, hand-held instrument for non-destructive inspection (NDI) of defects in lightweight composite and sandwich structures; based on an acoustic 'pitch-catch' technique
Bandseeding - a sod-seeder machine
BARLEYmax™ - conventionally bred barley variety with the potential to provide a range of human health benefits. Licensed to Goodness Superfoods who manufacture Protein 1st and Digestive 1st as breakfast cereals, on shelves in September 2009. Heart 1st available from October 2009. They assist in promoting bowel and digestive health.
BASINMAN - software, simulates farm water tables and basin water depth
Basolan AS anti-setting agent - a specific chemical agent that prevents inadvertent permanent setting during wool dyeing
BC2C (Biophysical Capacity 2 Change) - a prioritisation tool for estimating the changes in catchment salt generation
BCAider - software, a decision support tool for interpreting Building Code of Australia
'Belmont Red' breed of cattle - developed by crossing Afrikaner cattle with Herefords and Shorthorns to suit the harsh environment of northern Australia – See Cattle for the tropics
Beneficiated Bentonites - customised clay blends product for long-term soil improvement and increased crop productivity; developed with Ipoh Pacific – See Technologies and products (CSIRO Land and Water)
BEST (Built Environment Stone Tile) - test methods
Beta Alistine - skin care creams designed to improve ageing or sun-damaged skin. In 2002 the CRCTGR transformed into TGR Biosciences which licenses technology to the Beta Peptide Foundation
BIOASSESS - toolbox that assesses the biodiversity values of revegetation in agricultural landscapes
Biodegradable packaging - revolutionary packaging materials based on starch, that are fully biodegradable; the new materials could be used for: shopping bags; to pack vegetables; in place of polystyrene trays for baked goods; and other purposes such as mulch film for farming and gardening – See also Smart product packaging (Overview - Science)
BioFiba Biopallets - a synthetic timber made from corn starch, hemp fibre and natural binding agents - an environmentally friendly, cost-effective synthetic board designed to replace timber, plastic and polystyrene in the manufacture of export shipping pallets
BioLink - software, handles taxonomic information in databases, catalogues, maps and keys and combines them all; manages both taxon-based and specimen-based information
BioLives - software that applies bioinformatics in development of livestock production industries
Bio-Loo - humus toilet
BioMass - computer simulation model of tree-growth including water uptake
BioRap - software of biological diversity
BITEMJ - software for two dimensional stress analysis of excavation layouts
BKB and other sheep blowfly contact poisons - developed by Doug Waterhouse in 1939, consisted of a mixture of orthodichlorbenzene, kerosene, Lysol, boric acid and an inert clay carrier. After the war it was temporarily supplanted by DDT and other chlorinated hydrocarbons, until those were no longer permitted – See Sheep blowfly and other insect pests
BLIS (Building Lifecycle Interoperable Software) - inter-operability of shared data
BLUE 7 - water-based diffusible wood preservative prevents and controls rot and termites in sound and decayed timber; also imparts flame-retardant properties to treated wood; manufactured by Intergrain; distributed by TWA (Thompson White Australia)
Boosted-Output Lamp - atomic spectral discharge lamp designed to provide the best combination of high intensity and efficiency of light emission; developed in conjunction with SGE International
BotAnal - software that estimates pasture yield and composition
Bovilis™ MH vaccine - for the major bacterial disease of cattle, bovine respiratory disease
BRaDD (Bauxite Residue and Disposal Database) - a web-based data platform that enables users to identify current practices worldwide in bauxite residue processing and storage, and evaluate options for sustainable utilisation of residue
Brennan - wheat cultivar that is resistant to stem, stripe and leaf rust
Building structure performance-based design standards - employs a series of analytical and prediction models – See Engineered performance of timber
CABALA (Carbon Balance) software - computer model which simulates the complex processes of tree growth and helps managers make better plantation decisions using daily climate information; developed with CRC for Sustainable Production Forestry; licensed to CO2 Australia
CABLE - the Australian community land surface model
CACTUS (Computerised Alignment for Captioned Television Using Speech) - a suite of software which semi-automates the creation of captions and subtitles for TV, movies and videos
CANESCAN 1500 - the most effective method available for on-line determination of soil in cane supply; soil in sugarcane causes wear in mills and problems in processing
Captec Chrome - faecal marker product for animals; manufactured by Captec Pty Ltd
Carbon nanotube yarns and sheets - sub-microscopic hollow fibres of pure carbon, a promising new material with applications in textiles, flexible electronics, photovoltaics and biomedical devices
Carina - wine grape varietal
CASTcoat™ - new long-life die coat product that fuses bonded melted ceramic particles
CastFlow - software package for runner design
CasTherm - software for thermal design of dies
Catchment Detox - an online game that teaches users about the importance of maintaining and enhancing the health of river catchments
CCAM (Conformational-Cubic Atmosphere Model) - for generating high-resolution weather forecasts
CDManNet - simulation tool, assists cell-phone network operators, telecommunications companies, research organisations and educational institutions with modeling, mapping, and simulation capabilities; developed in collaboration with Telstra Research Laboratories
CELDEK - evaporative coolers
CellPix - technology that rapidly screens pharmaceutical drugs; joint collaboration with Axon Instruments Inc
CellSim - new-generation tool to simulate GSM and CDMA mobile cellular networks offering fast solutions to complex network reconfigurations; developed with Telstra Research Labs
CENW - generic forest growth model based on link flows of carbon, energy, nutrients and water in trees and soil
CEP (CSIRO EvolutionProbe) - the second generation instrument that provides information about electrochemical reactions and surface changes on coated metal products affected by the thin films of moisture typically deposited as dew or rain
CHEMIX - an integrated multi-zone thermal and natural ventilation program for calculating hourly flow rates and air temperatures in complex buildings as a function of building construction, weather data and location and size of openings
ChemTax software - matrix factorisation program to interpret HPLC phytoplankton pigment data
Circar4 - software; models arrays of circular and coaxial waveguides or horns with a finite number of elements; includes mutual effects of coupling; program to analyse arrays of different sized elements
Circly - software for road construction
CitiIlan - software, an urban land use/transport/environment interaction, modeling tool, can replicate existing cities
Cleansote - water in oil emulsion; licensed to Koppers Australia; also known as PEC (Pigment Emulsified Creosote)
Clever Clover - kit that uses clover and lucerne mulch crop to reduce amount of digging and soil degradation; available from Diggers Seed Club
Climate Change Vulnerability Index - software recognising that Australia's eastern and southeast coastlines are the most vulnerable to warming sea surface temperatures
Climex - software, predictions of climate of plant/animal distribution
CLIP Program (Complete Lifestyle Program) - a 6-week program to show how diet and exercise change can reduce cholesterol levels and now a book from Dr Manny Noakes and Dr Peter Clifton entitled The CSIRO Healthy Heart Program
CMML (Continuous Media Markup Language) - the groundbreaking technology behind Annodex™; it does for time-continuous media what HTML does for text; it allows the user to search, access, navigate and query – See At last: video search that works, 2005 (Media Release)
CMS (Corrosion Mapping System) - online corrosion mapping tool offers industry more accurate prediction of steel and galvanised products; distributed by Industrial Galvanizers Corporation (IGC)
CMWeb (Continuous Media Web) - a tool that activates links while viewing audio and video files
CO2Well - a model which predicts carbon dioxide flow in injection wells for the subsurface storage of carbon dioxide
Coal Face Ash Analyser - an instrument that differentiates between coal and look-alike sediments and estimates ash content of coal faces and stockpiles
Coeliac Screening Kit - enzyme immunoassay kit (product code CSK-1) to screen for and monitor coeliac disease; distributed by Vital Diagnostics for Psiron Ltd (formerly Medical Innovations)
Cognizant Control Room - software part of Project Wedgetail, Australia's airborne early warning and control program developed by CSIRO and Boeing and licensed by CSIRO to Australian company Semantic Sciences
Colonoscopy Simulator[external link] - a device that enables trainee surgeons to interact with accurate computer-based simulations of the human colon using a modified clinical colonoscope and realistic haptic (force) feedback
Contraband Scanner - a world-first; a neutron scanner that accurately and rapidly detects illicit drugs and explosives; to be used by Australian Customs Service
Controlled Atmosphere Cone Calorimeter - a unique small-scale fire test apparatus which is able to operate within a controlled atmosphere, meeting standard operating requirements, being used in pyrolysis studies assisting in the determination of fundamental material flammability properties
Controlled Temperature-Gradient Lamp - instrument, for atomic absorption and atomic fluorescence spectrometers; developed in conjunction with SGE International
Cool lightweight wool fabrics - the OPTIM™ process when applied to super fine wool gives fibres with increased surface lustre and allows fine yarns to be spun and woven into lightweight, silk-like worsted fabrics, suitable for shirts and women's wear – See OPTIM™ fibre processing
CoreProfiler - Beta version software tool which profiles drill cores and chips
CosFlow - software, solves coupled 3D multiphase flow and mechanical stress deformation problems
COSMIC® - a carbonyl sulfide grain fumigant to act as a replacement for methyl bromide
CottASSIST - new and easier tools for cotton production; computer extension tools to help support the adoption of best-practice in cotton crop management; developed in conjunction with Cotton Catchment Communities CRC
Cotton Logic - software, integrates EntomoLogic and NutriLogic packages; incorporates a range of information on crop and soil nutrition and can interpret soil and tissue nitrate tests
Cottonscan - an instrument that precisely measures the 'fineness' of ginned cotton fibres by weighing and counting a sample of short fragments of fibre and then calculating the average fibre weight-per-unit-length, or 'fineness', using modern optics and high-speed computer-based image analysis techniques
Cottonscope - an instrument that automatically measures cotton maturity, directly and accurately, in around 25 seconds. In the field it is used to measure when a crop is mature enough for harvest, allowing for predictions of the 'textile consequences' of immature fibre on neps and dye uptake in fabric. In the spinning mill it enables more accurate prediction of nep creation, dye uptake and overall quality control when cotton bales are laid down for processing at the mill. A further benefit is the instrument's ability to monitor the maturity and fineness of various cotton breeds to assist in the selection of better cotton varieties for the production of high quality fabric. Developed as Siromat technology and commercialised as Cottonscope by BSC Electronics Pty Ltd as a new startup company Cottonscope Pty Ltd
Counter Current Extraction equipment - for extracting juices from food materials by the counter-current extraction process; manufactured and sold by Bioquip Australia Pty Ltd – See Counter Current Extraction[PDF 520 KB]
Crest - software for crop growth modeling
CropMan - software, interface for a simulated database of crop performance under different soil types, weather and management to estimate potential crop yields using historical weather records; developed in collaboration with WA Dept. of Agriculture and the Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC)
Crusader Rabbits - meat rabbit breeding program identifies best breeds
Cryotrap - device to measure tiny amounts of the fumigant phosphine; used in grain handling
CSIDA/CSIDAT - satellite for remote sensing through data analysis of earth, atmosphere and ocean surface radiation data
Dam Ea$Y - tool that assists cane growers to optimise on-farm water storage facilities for supplementary irrigation
DarfreshRvacuum - packaging that allows for consumer portions of meat to be centrally packaged and shipped to domestic or export markets
DARLAM (Division of Atmospheric Research Limited Area Model) - model that studies the emission and transport of trace gases in the atmosphere – See Specialised weather forecasting service (Service)
DataChain - pre-processing software package
DataPlus - software that pre-processes experimental data and then acts as a front end to Genstat
Deep Drainage Meter - instrument used for measuring the soil water potential in the range 0 to ‑100 cm of soil; developed in conjunction with the Grains Research & Development Corporation – See Developing technologies and products (CSIRO Land and Water)
DELTA - software; records and processes taxonomic descriptions
DELTA-T Scan - name changed from SCI SCAN; Licensed to Delta-T Devices
DEMON - leaf measuring index instrument
DenimWool - denim and wool mix fabric (Tencel wool)
Diagnostic test for foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) - same-day competitive enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) using recombinant antibodies; can differentiate vaccinated from infected animals
Die Casting Defects Chart - ADCA/CSIRO chart available for purchase from ADCA
Diffraction gratings - for use as dispersing elements in spectroscopic instruments; required for the manufacture of complete atomic absorption instruments by Techtron Pty Ltd; the masters were ruled on CSIRO engines constructed in the 1950s and 1960s and the replicas produced by a process developed by DA Davies. In the 1970s, methods for the production of diffraction gratings by holography were developed with the master gratings being produced at CSIRO and replicated for commercial use by Varian Techtron Pty Ltd – See Willis JB, 1987, 'The CSIRO Division of Chemical Physics 1944-1986', Historical Records of Australian Science, 7: 153-177[external link]
Digital Elevation Model - model that will give the Bureau of Meteorology a reliable definition of stream networks and catchment boundaries needed to calculate water movement through the landscape; provides fine scale terrain detail
Disc PermeaMeter - instrument that accurately measures movement of water through a uniform and permeable surface
Dissolved Oxygen Sensors - provide accurate long-term measurements under a wide range of wastewater and environmental conditions; marketed by Greenspan Technology
Diversity - software, samples phylogenetic and environmental diversity – See BioRap
DME (Distance Measuring Equipment) - is a transponder-based radio navigation technology used in every airliner in the world; developed by Brian Cooper in the mid 1940s, it measures distance by timing the propagation delay of VHF or UHF radio signals – See Radar
DMT (Desktop Modeling Toolkit)
DMT CastFlow - die casting, runner and gating design software
DMT CasTherm - 3D die casting design software
Double Impact Battery - new design of valve-regulated lead-acid battery specifically for use in hybrid electric vehicles – See Low emission vehicles
Drainage Meter - remotely monitors deep drainage and relays the data direct to farmers
DrenchPlan - integrated worm parasite management program
DroughtPlan - grazier-based strategies for managing climatic variability (drought)
Drysdale - a water-efficient wheat variety bred for dry conditions
DST (Dynamic Stiffener Tester) - instrument that measures the stiffness of corrugated boxes and can be used to monitor and minimise damage that may occur during the manufacturing process
Elast-Eon™ biocompatible polyurethane - for use in a variety of medical implants; commercialised by Elastomedic (name changed to AorTech Biomaterials in 2008)
Electrostatic Wool Filters - Wool has a natural advantage as an electrostatic filter for very fine particles. This property was used to develop a new wool-based non-woven filter; commercialised by Michel Pty Ltd and on sale in Bunnings hardware outlets.
Energel - sealed silica gel electrolyte lead acid Battery; 2 models distributed by Battery Energy South Pacific
Energy Express - a modeling program that evaluates energy efficiency of a commercial building; distributed by Hearne Scientific Software
EntomoLogic - software, cost system to allow users to enter data on dollars spent on each field operations or chemical operation
EUCLID - software, comprehensive guide to the identification of eucalypts
Evapotron - instrument that automatically measures evaporation and sensible heat flux over natural surfaces
Expert Search - a search engine, built on the Panoptic search engine that works as a directory of experts
Extender 100 - anthelmintic product for control of internal sheep parasites; manufactured by Captec Ltd and marketed jointly by Smith Kline Beecham Animal Health and Nufarm Animal Health
Extender Junior - anthelmintic product for control of internal sheep parasites; manufactured by Captec Ltd and marketed jointly by Smith Kline Beecham Animal Health and Nufarm Animal Health
FastTalk - software, high level language specially developed for FastFlo
Fecundin - the world's first fecundity enhancing vaccine for sheep
FedSat the first Australian-built satellite in more than 30 years - developed by CSIRO and the CRC for Satellite Systems and launched successfully in December 2002. On board was a 'world-first' in microsatellite payload, a Ka-band transponder. Its purpose was to demonstrate future high-speed communications via satellite for rural and remote communications in Australia – See AUSSAT-B and other antenna research
FIED (Flexible Integrated Energy Device) - a vibration harvesting device to be incorporated into clothing; consists of advanced, conducive fabrics act as part of the battery and a rectifier/power management system to power electronic equipment
FillSure - software, checks weight or volume of pre-packaged goods
FireSure - software, assistance with design of fire safety systems and products
FireWind - software, smoke control, ventilation, fire modeling, sprinklers testing (upgraded version of FireCalc)
FIRST (Framework for the Integration of Remote Support Technologies) - software, links existing programs, functions or web sites to the web system
Fish Products - food products that convert under-utilised fish species into valuable ready to heat and serve meals; commercialised by Mantzaris Fisheries – See Fishy solutions to a busy life, 2002 (Media Release)
FLAMED - a simulation tool that simulates gas migration in coal seams; couples flow with geomechanical behaviour and can improve the prediction of potential paths for gas migration in coal seams – See Improving production of coal seam gas (Capability)
Flames - a fire and landscape tree model for tropical savannas
Flecks - low cost, low power sensor devices suitable for deployment in large numbers in wireless sensor networks, typically include an 8-bit microprocessor, a radio transceiver and multiple sensors; licensed to Australian company. In comparison to other systems, Flecks are extremely robust in a variety of harsh environments, as well as being easy to produce, cost effective and easily modified to measure almost any variable – See Landmark achievement for CSIRO wireless sensor network, 2006 (Media Release) and CSIRO Tasmanian ICT Centre (CSIRO video transcript)
Fleecescan™ - transportable instrument for on farm wool fibre measurement
Floc Density Analyser - measures flocculation performance; measures the size, shape, density and settling rate of individual aggregates – See Thickener technology for mineral processing
FloraBank - a project to improve quality and availability of native seed and enhance networks between seed users and seedbanks; administered by Greening Australia in partnership with CSIRO's Australian Tree Seed Centre and the ANBG, funded by Bushcare – See Native plants and forestry (Overview - Research)
Food Safety Toolkit - step-by-step instruction manuals to help businesses develop their own Food Safety Strategy; includes GMP and HACCP programs – See Food safety information sources (Overview)
FRANK (Film Researcher's Archival Navigation Kit) - software enabling film and television researchers to make on-line searches of video archives – See Towards an Approach for Novel Design (CSIRO ICT)
FungiBank - details the importance of many different types of fungi in today's farming and forestry environments
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Garden Watering Sentinel - instrument that measures wetness of soil
GDA (Gemmological Digital Analyser) - world's first automated device to grade opals using image analysis in development with Opal Producers Australia Limited (O.P.A.L)
GeneRave - software; a data analysis problem solver that rapidly sifts through very large numbers of expression measurements to identify the genes that form the best predictive set; licensed to CSIRO Bioinformatics
Genesis - a new generation drilling engineering analysis, simulation and planning tool; commercialised by Noble Engineering and Development Ltd
GeneStar Marbling - marbling DNA tests/selection tool to predict meat marbling capacity in cattle
Genome Health Analysis Test - to equip people with the tools needed to ensure their longest possible lifespan and significantly increase their potential to reach their 100th birthday; licensed to Reach100
Gensect - software, integrated impacts of climate change on Queensland fruit fly and woodland dieback
GeoPIXE™ - geological application of X-ray emission quantitative microanalysis software
GETMAG™ - a SQUID magnetic tensor gradiometer for mineral and oil exploration; detects iron ores, kimberlite pipes (diamonds), and other magnetic materials from the air – See also Superconducting devices and systems (Capability)
GFDI (Grassland Fire Danger Index) - model that gauges the potential seasonal fire danger in different pasture types – See Fire danger (Fact Sheet)
GI and RS predictor - automated instrument for accurately predicting glycaemic index (GI) and resistant starch (RS) in food products; licensed to Stadvis Pty Ltd
Gibbsite Precipitator - software, a simulator of a crystalliser that is targeted to capture a dynamic behaviour of gibbsite precipitation process in the production of alumina – See New tool leads to efficiency improvements (Solution)
GIMMS (Geophysically Integrated Mineral Mapping Spectrometers) - instrument
Ginsert - a V-shaped metal insert that improves the positioning and discharge of fuzzy seed from the ginning point on the rib of the cotton gin. Developed in 2010, the insert reduces the contact time that seed-cotton has with the gin rib and significantly reduces seed damage that occurs at this point; it also improves the removal of fibre from the seed thus increasing the amount of lint extracted from the seed, and improving the capacity of the gin stand. International patents taken and about to be commercialised.
GLayers (Grids and Layers) - software research tool; transmittance/absorption dielectric stacks
Global Concurrent Engineering Platform - software, desktop-based computer environment with potential to halve the time to market new products by enabling worldwide workgroups to work together as if they were based at same location
GlobalHubs - diagnostic tools to monitor gas levels/greenhouse emissions in the atmosphere
Golden Promise - genetically engineered barley plant variety
GOPT design package for progressive spectacle lenses - improved software developed in the late 1990s for people suffering from the common complaint of presbyopia; allows the direct specification of the eyepath characteristics by a lens designer; now the chief design tool used for progressive lens design by SOLA international – See Spectacle lens design and Mathematical modelling for optical lens design (Achievement)
GPW wheel (Golf Buggy Powered Wheel) - an in-wheel directional motor and controller; in development by UTS & GPW Technology P/L
GrainGene Variety ID System - a test that accurately identifies wheat and barley varieties using a panel of DNA markers; licensed to Agrifood Technology
Green Mud - a low-cost environmental formulation product created by CSIRO and Haliburton Energy Services' Baroid Drilling Fluids; marketed as BarOmega™ (Osmotic Membrane Efficiency Generating Aqueous) drilling fluid system – See also Green mud cure to $2 billion loss, 2001 (Media Release)
GrowTube - product, root training tubes which help trees become established through their first difficult year; commercialised by Growtrees (Kiona Machinery Pty Ltd)
Gypsy - software, designed to help Australian sugarcane growers make decisions on what rates of gypsum to apply to sodic soils
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Hallmark - lucerne cultivar
Haptic - software for handling complex 3D data, places 3D stereo graphics, audio and haptic force-feedback, displays of data in user's immediate working space
HCA-Vision - software for cytomics - an automated image analysis software package that rapidly and reproducibly measures functional features of neuronal cells in 2D images
HDI (Health Data Integration) - software to improve the security of private health-care data with new software that interrogates patient health records
Headloop PCR - a novel method for the detection of DNA methylation for the molecular diagnosis of cancer
HeNGas - Helium gas analytical system measures noble gas concentrations in water
HIC (Harrison Image Compression) - software based on CLICK technology, compresses colour image files to about 1/300th of their original size for storage so they take up less disk space, can be stored in great numbers and retrieved quickly
HI Cells (Hollow Inclusion Stress Cell) - instrument, for triaxial stress measurement in rock; distributed by Mindata Ltd
High Temeperature Smoke Meter - instrument that measures the optical density of smoke, predicts when people would have trouble finding escape routes within a burning building; manufactured by DBCE
HOTOIL - software, distributed searching tool for information repositories including Internet; reduces information overload by providing single interface which simultaneously searches heterogeneous databases
House Water Expert software - simple game to tell home owners how they use water and how much they can change that usage
HP ALTA (High-Pressure Automatic Lag Time Apparatus) - instrument to record time and temperature of hydrates and factor risk into a pipeline's formation – See Gas hydrates (Overview - Research)
HSM (House Survival Meter) - an instrument that provides a guide to the probability of a house surviving a bushfire based on six significant factors; designed by AAG Wilson in 1987; commercialised by Styrox (Aust) Pty Ltd
HyChips™ - voluminous spectral mineralogy of drill chips for explorers and miners
Hydra - software for planning water quality management in Hawkesbury-Nepean region of New South Wales
Hydraulic fracturing in mining instrumentation and equipment - the fracturing equipment system was designed, built, and delivered by CSIRO. Improvements over time included a new straddle packer system, a downhole packer inflation valve and an integrated instrumented pumping system.
Hydrogen Fluoride Monitor - advanced laser-based instrument provides a continuous and accurate measurement of trace concentrations of hydrogen fluoride gas in smelter pot rooms; was licensed to Dynamic Light (now known as SBL Technologies P/L)
HyMap - aircraft-mounted hyperspectral imaging instrument that detects and identifies minerals from the unique wavelengths of light; developed by previous CSIRO Materials Science team (now Optical Engineering Associates) in collaboration with Integrated Spectronics Ltd – See Spectral sensing technologies (Overview - Research)
Hyperspectral remote sensing instruments - capable of mapping the minerals on the Earth's surface in the field, from the air (and eventually from space) in much more detail. Instruments included the PIMA field spectrometer, the unique airborne CO2 laser spectrometer (MIRACO2LAS), the SWIPS Fourier transform spectrometer and the TIPS Fourier transform spectrometer. This was the beginning of an increased focus that continues to the present day, on remote sensing systems designed specifically for the needs of the geosciences – See Remote sensing
HySSIL™ - a revolutionary aerated cement-based product; developed in conjunction with CMR Energy technologies (CMRET); licensed to HysSSIL Pty Ltd
IC Method (Ion Chromatography method) - for quantitative determination of inorganic and organic anions in bayer liquors with direct injection – See New way to identify contaminants (Solution)
ICVM (International Coal Value Model) - thermal coal database for coal blends
Igri - winter barley variety
ILIS (Integrated Land Information System) - microcomputer-based software for local government
Insegar - a natural pesticide (fenoxycarb) which combats codling moth; developed by Ciba-Geigy
Intelligent Knee sleeve - a flexible biofeedback device for performance enhancement in sport or rehabilitation; beeps at athletes teaching them to land safely; CSIRO developed the fabric of the sleeve
Intelligent Tensiometer - instrument for the rapid and reliable measurement of suction (matric potential) in laboratory or field situations; manufactured by Campbell Scientific Australia
Interps - computer program for estimating chemical analyses from light intensity measurements recorded with colorimetric methods of analysis
Iodine supplements - to prevent iodine deficiency diseases – See Iodine deficiency
IRIS design package for progressive spectacle lenses - software developed in the late 1980s for people suffering from the common complaint presbyopia; used by SOLA International, one of the largest Optical Lens Companies in the world – See Spectacle lens design and Mathematical modelling for optical lens design (Achievement)
ISOLDE (Integrated Software and On-Line Documentation Environment) - an integrated software development and document generation environment that supports technical authors in the production of on-line help
I-spy - a generic tagging system that will enable scientists to 'tag' and monitor specific proteins of interest without altering the proteins structure or function
Ku-band antennas for the Galaxy HS601 satellites - development done under contract for Hughes Aircraft; the first in this series was launched in October 1992 – See AUSSAT-B and other antenna research
Ku-band antennas for the Orion satellites - development done under contract for British Aerospace Space Systems – See AUSSAT-B and other antenna research
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Lactoferrin ingredient - a biologically-active protein derived from whey using CSEP technology, has application as an antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory and potentially, anti-cancer and anti-osteoporosis agent – See Dairy products for improved human health
LAIRD (Local Area Impacts of Retail Developments) - software for planning retail developments
LambAlive - software, assesses the risk of lamb losses from bad weather
LAMM (Local Area Microcomputer Mapping) - software, displays and manipulates spatial data for any specified areas as a multi-coloured map display
LandAssess - software for management of the monsoonal tall grass woodlands of northern Australia
LANDTEM™ - a highly portable exploration tool which can spot the difference between ore and conductive overburden, even when the ore body is deeply buried; a ground-based electromagnetic superconducting SQUID sensor; licensed to Outer-Rim Exploration Services in Kalgoorlie, WA – See also Locating the ore others miss (Solution)
LAWMan (Local Area Waste Management) - software, suite of models designed to facilitate estimation of waste generation (based on projected future population)
LCADesign (Life Cycle Assessment and Computer Aided Design) - software for automated environmental analysis of commercial building designs; jointly with CRC for Construction Innovation – See CSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems - Software and Resources
LEBUM (Leakage-Buffer Model) - a tool that calculates the impact of phase-rotation on average long-term leakage in south Western Australia
Lepton - rapid antibody test kit for cotton pests
LevySim - software module for GOCAD package and performs Fractal levy Motion simulations
LFM Moisture Analyser (Low Frequency Microwave Moisture Analyser) - a novel instrument now recognised as breakthrough technology by the industry; has the advantage that it is unaffected by wide variations in the distribution of water in the coal on the belt, and can be used on steel cord reinforced belts that are now common in the industry; has been commercialised through a CSIRO spin-off company, Intalysis Pty Ltd; over 150 moisture systems have been sold in Australia and overseas – See Coalscan - on-line analysis instruments for the coal industry
LICHEE (Life Cycle House Energy Evaluation) - software, a CAD-based tool for detached housing
Lightweight Horn for a US Defence satellite application - the CSIRO designed corrugated horn was called 'bowl-shaped' because of its distinctive profile. Fabricated from carbon-fibre-reinforced plastic materials by Composite Optics Inc. (now ATK Space Systems, San Diego, USA), the final horn had a mass of only 9.3 kg, which was over an order-of-magnitude weight reduction when compared to an aluminium prototype horn. The horn successfully completed space-qualification tests, but never made it into space as the US Defence application was cancelled – See AUSSAT-B and other antenna research
Lime and Nutrient Balance - software, keeps a 10-year record of gains and losses of key nutrients and changes in soil acidity; calculates nitrogen and phosphorus requirements to achieve a target yield
LITRES - tool for advanced passenger transport simulation
LITRES-2 - simulation tool that handles multi-leg journeys and makes a clear distinction between simulation and scheduling modules; for urban transport planning
LUCNA (Land Use Change in Northern Australia) - model that predicts what combinations of changing productivity, prices and policies would cause the pastoral industry to run into problems
LUPIS (Land Use Planning Information System) - a microcomputer-based spatial decision support system developed to assist in implementing the SIRO-PLAN and SIRO-MED approaches to spatial resource allocation by facilitating the ranking of competing candidate land uses or management regimes on each of the resource inventoried areas, which jointly comprise a region of study
LUPlan - software for land use planning
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Maaate (Music And Audio Analysis Toolkit) - powers a new generation of music searching products especially for use in MP3 format
MACE (Minerals And Coal Evaluation) - world's first diagnostic tool to benchmark flotation performance
maNage rice - software, options for topdressing nitrogen fertiliser
Manage Wheat - software, nitrogen fixation; to be marketed by Wesfarmers/Dalgety
Mantis - a vertical take-off, unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV); a 'brain' which enables the production of a world-first low-cost, intelligent small helicopter, set to end many difficult and dangerous tasks undertaken by humans. The CSIRO Mantis can simply be told where to go and what to do, and it will go off, do the job and find its own way home, unassisted.
MAPROJ - software, enables accurate maps at any scale of operation
Medical Sheepskins - a new Australian Standard for the production of medical sheepskins for use in hospitals and nursing homes; developed in the 1990s, the sheepskins are washable at high temperatures without loss of quality
MeltFlow - software, computer-aided engineering technique for the pressure die-casting technique
MENOR - object oriented software engineering
MenuLib - suite of software programs for mineral process control/customising menus for data entry
MerbeinGold 2336 - mandarin varietal bred to recombine characteristics of Imperial mandarin and Ellendale tangerines for Australian conditions; commercialised by Perfection Fresh Australia – See Seedless gold (Publication - General)
MerbeinGold 2350 - mandarin varietal bred to recombine characteristics of Imperial mandarin and Ellendale tangerines for Australian conditions; commercialised by Perfection Fresh Australia – See Seedless gold (Publication - General)
MetAccess® - software, analyses historical weather data; the distributor is Horizon Agriculture Pty Ltd
MFAT (Murray Flow Assessment Tool) - software tool, assesses the ecological impacts of a range of environmental flow scenarios
MFR (Micro Fourier Rheometer) - instrument that uses a simple squeezing process to rapidly determine the complex rheological properties of viscoelastic fluids
MicroLab - a laboratory reactor that employs microwave technology
Millenium Building - state-of-the-art, smart, environmentally compatible, multi-purpose building to showcase Australian technology
Millennium Muscat™ - a golden, seeded, early-maturing table grape with a distinctive aromatic muscat flavour
MinDress - software, mineral dressing plant simulator
Mix2.O - software, calculates air exchanges between zones
Mobile Maps - software, includes GPS to check for recent changes to the power or water network; used in conjunction with ACT Electricity and Water
MolSAR - for computer-aided drug discovery; a predictive QSAR computational tool capable of generating robust structure-property models; available within Bio-Rad's Know It All Informatics System
Monola - canola oil product containing optimum levels of mono- and poly-unsaturated fatty acids for a frying oil; marketed by Nutrihealth Pty Ltd – See In quest of the gourmet chip, 2000 (Media Release)
MPE (Multi-Phase Equilibrium) database - software database that has thermodynamic and transport properties of metallurgical systems
MPTDat - software for tree performance data
MTBFile - software for creation of MINITAB data files from WARIS output files
MultSim - arterial road, traffic simulation program
MUSIC (Model for Stormwater Improvement Conceptualisation) - software several versions
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NanoHouse - house of the future built from a range of energy-saving materials developed using nanotechnology; partnership between CSIRO and UTS
NanoSunN - nano-sized transparent zinc oxide powders and customised dispersions for protection of the skin from harmful UVA/UVB radiation in cosmetic products such as hand and body lotions, moisturisers, baby products, lip products and makeup
Napier - Yannicum sub clover cultivar developed by the National Annual Pasture Legume Improvement Program
NCAS (National Carbon Accounting System Toolbox) - provides a set of tools for tracking greenhouse gas emissions and carbon stock changes from land use and management; it provides access to the Full Carbon Accounting Model (FullCAM), that is derived from Australia's National Carbon Accounting System, and includes all supporting technical documentation; through the Toolbox, users can access: carbon accounting data for a range of plant species and land management systems; historic climate records; and search all technical reports relating to development of the NCAS (available on CD)
Nephelometer - a versatile optical fibre instrument for measuring turbidity in liquids; invented by Clive Coogan and manufactured in Australia by Selby Scientific and Medical Company. It was placed on the market in 1986.
NESSIE - software for designing constructed wetlands
NORMAN - no-morphine poppy plant that produces thebaine and oripavine, compounds used in the manufacture of pain killers; developed in collaboration between CSIRO, ANU, Tasmanian Alkaloids, Institute for Plant Biochemistry and the University Halle – See Flexible pain relief with morphine-free poppy, 2004 (Media Release)
Ocean glider - remotely controlled, deep ocean-going robotic submarine designed to play a central role in measuring changes in two of Australia's most influential ocean currents
OCEANMAG™ - a technology that allows traditional controlled source electromagnetic (CSEM) exploration techniques for marine hydrocarbons to extend into shallow water; delivers magnetic tensor gradiometry (the rate of change of the strength of the magnetic field), detects the sources of magnetic field noise and predicts what the electric field noise would be. This predicted noise is subtracted from the CSEM signal enhancing the signal to noise ratio and giving explorers greater power to predict where marine hydrocarbon resources are. See Exploring under the sea floor with OCEANMAG™.
Optical fibre cables containing pure liquids - developed by Graeme Ogilvie in the late 1960s, it is the foundation of the substantial Australian optical fibre cable industry, which exists today
Optical fibre pulling machine - developed by Graeme Ogilvie in the 1960s for fibre optics research; later installed at Scientific Glass and Engineering Pty Ltd, where it was used to manufacture glass capillary columns for gas chromatographs, an Australian product exported worldwide
OxyMix - a simple, compact and inexpensive device to mix oxygen and atmospheric air for premature babies - joint project between NASCOR Biomedical devices and CSIRO – See New device to help premature babies, 2003 (Media Release)
OzClim - software that generates climate change scenarios and simulates potential climate change impacts on the environment and primary production for regions of Australia
PALTEK - software that enables Leica Microsystems Lithography Ltd's VB6 electron beam lithography machines to receive Palette-based microstructure data files to fabricate master plates for CSIRO's OVDs (Optically Variable Devices); portability of Vectorgram – See World's leading anti-counterfeiting technology for Europe, 2003 (Media Release)
Paper sheet former - an automated laboratory paper sheet former that produces paper sheets with properties identical to those produced on commercial scale paper machines; reduces the expense and logistical complexity of a pilot-scale or mill trial on paper product optimisation, new paper chemicals or new product development – See Pilot Scale Former: new technology for the pulp and paper industry (Service)
PARROT - media/multiple access controller (MAC) for wireless ATM networks
Passive Air Sampler - instrument which measures air pollution for R&D projects
Pastures from Space™ - website that provides estimates of pasture growth rate for south-west Western Australia's Mediterranean zone; in conjunction with Agriculture WA and the WA Dept. of Land Administration
PATN - software that searches for patterns in complex research data/multi-variate data analysis; distributed by the Australian Antarctic Division
PECC - software, accelerates the uptake of electronic commerce, Internet connectivity and global numbering systems in the pharmaceutical manufacturing industry
PHE Cooler - air conditioner/plate heat exchanger; uses less electrical energy than conventional refrigerated air conditioners doing a similar cooling job
Phoslock™ - absorbent clay-based substance which removes nutrient phosphorus, thus inhibiting growth of algal bloom; licensed to IMT Holdings
PhotoMatrix™ - a light-activated biocompatible implant matrix based on fibrinogen, gelatin and/or other proteins for tissue engineering applications, which can be used as an in vivo curing, arthroscopic delivery vehicle for cells, growth factors or proteins – See PhotoSeal™: photomedical technologies (Product)
PhotoSeal™ - photomedical technologies; human tissue sealant which glues together the synthetic form of resilin; a light-activated, biocompatible tissue sealant based on fibrinogen or gelatin or other proteins
PicoBubbles - cavitation tube instrument for improving coal flotation; in conjunction with Novatech Consulting
PigMax - software, pig productivity
PIMA II - compact handheld spectrometer providing field geologists with new analytical tool for identification of rocks, minerals and soils
POLDIF - software for dispersion of noise and air pollution from urban roads
Polymer banknotes - plastic banknotes with optically variable devices (OVDs); a world's first and a paradigm shift towards a currency secure against forgery; marketed by Securency International Pty Ltd, a joint venture between the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) and Innovia Films formed in 1996; by 2009 Securency was exporting to 25 countries, with more than three billion polymer notes in circulation
PROFTRIL - anthelmintic device for control of internal sheep parasites; manufactured by Captec Ltd and marketed jointly by Smith Kline Beecham Animal Health and Nufarm Animal Health
Projection Wizard - software, productivity tool for strategic planners in health industry
ProMin - software that simulates a number of comminution and classification unit processes simultaneously
ProMod - model that predicts plantation productivity
Prosper - software, sugar cane land management information system
PSI (Property Standard Index) - software decision support model for Queensland Dept. of Housing; facilitates decisions on selling, maintaining and reviewing building stock
Quick Dry Merino - a new quick drying wool fabric developed in partnership with Australian Wool Innovation; significantly reduces drying time for both shrink-resistant and hand-washed wool garments
Quote - cost estimating software system for alterations and additions to houses and new home construction
RailTune - a tailored software package for the Rail Infrastructure Corporation (RIC), it is a mathematical solution to the significant problem of matching track monitoring signals between runs
RainCatch - software that evaluates current or proposed domestic rainwater supply systems including roof area and tank design
Rainforest Pearl - Finger lime varietal; a selection of Citrus australasica var. sanguinea
RainRisk - software for the assessment of the requirements for irrigation and drainage and wet weather risk to harvesting systems
RAM (Rotated Arc Mixer) - an instrument for chaotic mixing of thick fluids in either batch or continuous through-flow models – See Industrial mixer creates a stir (Solution)
RAMeX Heat Exchanger - a new generation heat exchanger (RAMeX) which offers lower energy costs, a smaller industrial footprint and more efficient heat transfer and mixing
Raptor - software for flow modeling of wind over steep terrain
RateSetter - software that estimates operating costs on logging systems
Recaldent™ - a casein phosphopeptide-amorphous calcium phosphate ingredient, works to safely strengthen teeth by delivering calcium and phosphate (the building blocks of tooth enamel) in a unique soluble form to help remineralise the enamel. Recaldent™ is an active component in the Trident™[external link] range of functional chewing gums marketed in Japan and the USA by Cadbury-Adams – See also Dairy products for improved human health
Recharge - product, recycled storm-water for bottled drinking water
RefLib - computer retrieval software system for scientific references
REGSOL - software for assessing thermodynamic activity of metallurgical slags
Relenza™ - anti-influenza drug active against all strains of influenza virus; designed using 3D structure of the influenza virus neuraminidase protein to guide the chemistry
Remote sensing computer software - developed by Andy Green to take the poor quality original digital data from NASA's Landsat 1 and produce valuable first generation digital images suited to Australian situations. New 'noise' removal and contrast enhancement procedures yielded high-quality photographic products optimised for the display of geological information and provided the springboard for Australia to extend its use of satellite imagery into tasks ranging from mineral exploration, crop assessment and ecosystem mapping to monitoring overgrazing, erosion, flooding and bushfires – See Remote sensing
ResComp (Resource Competition) model - software to simulate the dynamics of vegetation cover
ReVegIH (Re-Vegetation Impacts on Hydrology) - decision support tool, provides land managers and policy makers with advice on three aspects: the best places to re-plant to minimise sediment loss; (ii) suitability maps for 38 tree and shrub species; and (iii) the ability to determine the impacts on water yields at the same time – See also Helping China re-vegetate the Loess Plateau (Achievement)
Rostering Toolkit - an intelligence-driven 'Smart Rostering' software toolkit for handling workforce rostering problems
ROTAP (The Rare or Threatened Australian Plants) list - the list and associated coding system was developed and has been maintained by CSIRO since 1979; lists taxa that are presumed extinct, endangered, vulnerable, rare or poorly known at the national level
Rotary Regenerator - heat wheel equipment which extracts heat from the exhaust air stream and transfers it to fresh air entering a building
ROVER (Robust Outdoor Vision-based Experimental Robots) - a hot metal carrier that can operate 'autonomously' around a site similar in layout to a smelter operation; uses vision as a primary sensor to navigate roads and obstacles and identify its location – See Smart vehicles to handle hot metal safely (Profile - Project)
SatMap - remote sensing; uses colour coded imagery to reveal pasture growth and fertility status; commercialised by Incitec
SatSlag - software for calculating steel making type slags/phase diagrams
SAVE (Seasonal Activity Variation and Exposure) - software that tracks and measures air pollution
SAW-ELISA (Surface Acoustic Wave-Enzyme Linked In Situ Analysis) - a biosensor instrument or artificial sniffer/bionic nose that detects minute quantities of pollutants; imitates the way animals smell odours
Scenario Manager - a tool that enables the evaluation of integrated urban water systems, comprising water supply, wastewater and stormwater treatment and disposal infrastructure
SIMED II - reservoir simulator software for multiphase flow in coal
SIMEDWin - a Windows user interface version of SIMED II, for modeling the drainage of gas from coal seams and also to model conventional dry gas reservoirs
Siokra series of new cotton varieties - the first okra leaf variety to be widely grown anywhere in the world Siokra 1-1 had excellent fibre quality and was also resistant to the serious disease bacterial blight. This started a long line of fully blight resistant varieties from CSIRO such as Siokra 1-4 and CS 50 and has resulted in the elimination of bacterial blight from the Australian cotton industry – See Cotton breeding and new cotton varieties and the list of Cotton breeding plant variety rights
Sirag - software, helps irrigators how much water to apply and when
SiragCrop - software, dial-up crop management services for irrigation
SiragField - software, irrigation scheduling component for annual crops
Siro FLCSpec® - software, predicts performance of individual fleeces
SiroFlex - a novel ultramicrotome instrument developed by John Farrant which avoided the use of bearings in the specimen support train; marketed, for a number of years, under the name 'Si-Ro-Flex' and manufactured by the Fairey Aviation Company of Australasia Pty Limited, Salisbury, South Australia. Schuco Scientific handled sales in the United States and Aeon Laboratories in the United Kingdom.
SiroGas® - software, simulates and investigates gas flows
Siro Gritometer - instrument that measures the amount of soil or grit in fruit
SiroHauteur - software for predicting hauteur (the average length of fibres in the top from results of greasy wool tests)
SiroIndur - software, mathematically models the firing induration pelletisation process for magnetite and iron ore
SiroJoint® - software for rapid non-contact, automatic determination of joint orientations, joint distributions, joint spacing and persistence, joint roughness
SiroKEEN - instrument that sharpens microtome knives; commercialised by Austral Scientific and 'UltroKEEN microtome knife sharpener'
SiroLan BAP - shrink proofing polymer for worsted fabrics
SiroLan-Laserscan™ - an instrument developed in the 1990s, that uses lasers to measure the diameter of wool fibres; is the basis of the IWTO standard procedure, developed by CSIRO, for measuring average fibre diameter and fibre diameter distribution; fast and accurate with IWTO accreditation; more than 70 Sirolan Laserscans sold worldwide
SiroLan-TOPSpec® - software, prediction package
SiroLan Yarnspec® - software, predicts what an advanced mill should achieve using a particular wool top for a finer yarn, under specified spinning conditions
SiroLevel - level gauge for bins, silos and hoppers
SiroLot - software for predicting wool contaminants
SiroLotSpec® - software, predicts processing potential of single sale lots
SiroMag - instrument that magnetically marks steel cables and ropes
SiroMAN - mercury pathfinder instrument for minerals
SiroMark™ branding fluids - scourable branding fluids for use on sheep on the farm; replaced the previously used 'tar' brands which could not be removed by the wool scouring process; saved the wool industry millions of dollars over the years because it was no longer necessary to clip off the branded section or treat the final fabric with solvents
SiroMCA - rugged amplifier-spectrometer for SiroLog technology
SiroMeat - prime lamb terminal sire breed, crossbred ewes from Corriedale, Cheviot and Dorset Horn
SiroMin-BF® - beef feed supplement, mineral (trace elements)
SiroNaria - a safflower variety, resistant to Alternaria and Phytophthora
SiroNem - bioassay in which soil samples are tested
SiroPrint machine - textile printing machine for Vigoreux printing of wool top
SiroPulper - Waste paper recovery machine
SiroPulse - high-resolution sub-surface radar instrument; scans walls, ground surfaces or furniture; can probe distances from less than one centimetre to several metres and will pick up both metallic and non-metallic objects; ideal for counter-terrorism applications including detection of explosive devices and other weapons that may have been buried within solid concrete structures
Siro-SIMS (Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometer) - allows compositional analysis of the outermost atomic layers of a solid surface
SiroSize - software for fast non-contact automatic determination of rock fragment size
SiroSorb - instrument for the determination of mercury in geochemical samples
SiroSorter - a mill-scale device that sorts through large quantities of undyed fibrous materials in an on-line operation and removes coloured faults in a selective manner, using an electronic sensing and control system; cost effective solution to removing dark fibre contamination from cotton only; commercialised and distributed by Loptex
SiroSpinel - product from processing saline waters
SiroSpot - geographic information system software
SiroSteam machine - for Vigoreux printing of wool top
SiroStep - laser cutting machine for plastics
SiroStrain - stress analysis software
SiroTem (Transient ElectroMagnetics) - instrument for detecting ore bodies; manufactured by Geoex Pty Ltd – See SiroEX
Sirothora - safflower variety, resistant to Phytophthora
SiroTope - instrument for geochemical analysis using the lead isotopic characteristics of ore bodies
SiroTrace - instrument for tracing the profile of hacksaw blade teeth
SLAMM (Scripting Language for Applied Mathematical Modelling) - a formal language for mathematical modelling. It allows the programmer to describe a mathematical model, specifically LP problems
SLAMP/Shear Magic (Simplified Loading and Manipulation Platform) - a machine developed by IWS (International Wool Secretariat) and Livestock Industries WA
SLIM (Strategic Landscape Investment Model) - can demonstrate the likely returns from a range of environmental activities in different locations across New South Wales
Sliver guillotine - for the preparation of snippets from wool tops
Slocum Glider - a new window into our coastal seas; designed for coastal deployments, it is capable of moving to specific locations and reaching depths of up to 200 metres by tracking controlled spatial and temporal grids for a maximum duration of about four weeks; moves both vertically and horizontally, driven in a sawtooth vertical profile by varying its buoyancy
Snowy - soybean variety that combines both high yield and high quality; suitable for tofu making, providing growers with up to a $200 per tonne premium compared to soybean sold for oil – See Soybean research for a growing industry (CSIRO Plant Industry)
SOCOFI - software for calculation of heat tables from solar radiation
Sokoll Logger - a cheap, low-power data logger monitors and records data at remote sites; manufactured by James Sokoll & Associates
SolarGas - greenhouse-friendly gas that has about 26 % more energy than natural gas; development and demonstration of SolarGas, Solar H2 and the Solar Turbine at the National Solar Energy Centre – See CSIRO solar energy research (Overview)
Solar hot water panels - efficient solar panels for domestic water heating were developed by RN Morse, Division of Mechanical Engineering in 1953; the technology was transferred to create a new industry in Australia
SolarHT - software, solar energy absorbers
Solicon - software, a flexible image analysis system for quantifying soil structure images; the software, which runs under UNIX, has its own command language
SOM (Self-Organizing Maps) - a mining and exploration analysis tool, the method allows industry to quickly identify promising targets, areas of concern and a multitude of other knowledge that assists with better exploration, mining and processing strategies – See Extracting knowledge from complex datasets (Capability)
Spinning Cone Column - a unique and extremely efficient gas-liquid contacting device for the production of high quality flavours with minimal thermal damage and minimal product losses; commercialised by Flavourtech Pty Ltd[external link]
Splenda setaria - first ever Australian tropical grass variety, marketed by Primac Seeds
Spot - a microarray spot detection and characterisation software package which extracts more meaningful numerical information from cDNA microarrays than other software
Sportwool™ fabrics - high performance active sportswear combining the physical performance attributes of synthetics with the comfort and breathability of natural fibre
Stakeout - software for security surveillance monitoring; invented by John Reid after he left CSIRO and started up a company called Red Engine Software; developed by Glebe Systems
Starbug - an autonomous, miniature submarine for underwater monitoring and surveying of ecosystems such as the Great Barrier Reef
Starplus™ - resistant starch product that delivers short chain fatty acid for the maintenance of bowel health
Stowell cox - a cross varietal between Cox apple and Democrat apple; resistant to disorders of bitter-pit and storage breakdown
StrataSnoop - an instrument that measures thickness of mudstone or shale in underground coal mines
Stuart - soybean for coastal and tropical Queensland; licensed to BSES
Subsurface Oxygen Probes - instrument based on diffusion cell technology to monitor oxygen and/or water concentrations in soils, groundwater, rivers, lakes
Suction - software which did simple equations on a calculator (no longer available after 2002); upgraded to the Intelligent Tensiometer
Super Milk - product based on technology that can lift calcium levels in white milk to around 200 mg per 100 ml; this milk is capable of carrying 20 % more calcium than many of the calcium-enriched milks currently on the market – See Healthier milk enriched with calcium and minerals (Achievement)
Super Model 3D - structural model of regional geology (Bowen Basin)
SUSTAIN (Sustainable Urban Structure & Interaction Networks) - model for planning of transport and water management
Swagman What If - software, interaction between climate, soil and water
SWAGSIM (Salt Water And Ground Water Simulation) - model of irrigation/water table/salinity
SWAMP (Spatial Water Modeling Program) - software
SWIM (Soil Water Infiltration and Movement) - software that simulates water infiltration and movement in soils; published in 1990. A second version, SWIM v2.0 was completed in 1992.
SWSY (South-West Western Australia Sustainable Yields Project) - provide water managers and users with robust estimates of current and future water yields for Western Australia's south-west
Take-all Model - allows farmers to assess the impact of various management options for Take-all the major soil-borne disease of cereals in southern Australia
Tanalith Gold - timber preservative CCA-oil emulsion PROCCA; developed by CSIRO in conjunction with Koppers-Hickson Timber Preservation and marketed as Tanalith Gold, this gives the wood a light green colour – See The Back Fence: Bringing It Back, 1999 (Media Release)
TAPM (The Air Pollution Model) - software that tracks emissions from cities
TED (Trust Extension Device) - a prototype portable device that will allow people to do business across the internet on any computer in a trusted manner
TED (Turtle exclusion Devices) - metal grids placed inside the trawl net; blocks the entry of larger sea-life, but allows prawns to pass through – See also Turtles escape trawls using TEDs (Achievement)
Temper - software, calculates air conditioning loads and temperatures
Tempest - an ultra-sensitive receiver towed below aircraft; detects minute magnetic fields induced in the earth by Tempest's powerful electromagnetic pulse generator; used to explore for minerals such as gold, diamonds, nickel, copper, lead and zinc buried at depths up to 300 meters. Its ability to detect underground water and groundwater salinity also makes it a valuable environmental management tool. Developed by CRC AMET, commercialised by World Geoscience Corp Ltd – See World Leading Mineral Exploration System Takes Off, 1999 (Media release)
Tempo - software for demographic modeling of internal migration
Thermocouple Sheath - an instrument that uses a metal thermal window at the sensing end of a ceramic pyrometric tube
ThermoData - software, a databank of thermodynamic data
Thermosplicer - facilitates the Sirospun process and efficient splicing of wool yarns in general; allows the replacement of knots by splices which are more reliable and generally do not require removal from the fabric during mending; improves weaving efficiency as well as reducing mending costs; licensed to Schlafhorst – See Solospun™ The Long Staple weavable singles yarn (CSIRO textile and Fibre Technology)
Thickener Interface Gauge - a probe to measure naturally occurring mineral radioactivity at different levels within the tank; commercialised by Amdel Ltd (now Thermo Gamma-metrics Pty Ltd)
Thin Film Measurement Instrument - for quality control of automatic coating process
TIDA (Tree Identification and Delineation Algorithm) - of tree crowns in high spatial resolution remotely sensed imagery
Timber Expert - software to assist with utilising Standards Australia Timber Codes
TimberLife - software that tells asset managers, designers, engineers and builders the likely lifespan of a timber construction, in any climatic zone, enabling them to predict with accuracy the performance of new or planned buildings – See Timber lifespan can be predicted with greater accuracy, 2006 (Media Release)
Timbrs - suite of algorithms developed to automatically count and delineate the crowns of individual trees visible in high spatial resolution remotely sensed imagery
TimeRite - information package that gives woolgrowers the ability to limit losses associated with red-legged earth mite; handled by Australian Wool innovation – See Time it right to smite the mite, 2000 (Media Release)
TIPS (Thermal Infrared Profile Spectrometer)
Titaniq - geothermometer that measures quantitative cathode luminescence to determine trace elements in quartz
TML (Thesaural Markup Language)
TOPAZ (Technique for the Optimum Placement of Activities into Zones) - computer model
TOPAZ-SUCO - computer model for integrated urban water management
TopMaker - software, yarn specifications; licensed to ASTM Ltd
TopMet - software for building and facility layout optimisation
TPM (TelPresence Microscopy) - software that enables scientists to operate a microscope thousands of kilometres away; the intuitive interface allows the user to operate the microscope as though they were actually standing by the instrument itself – See More access to million dollar microscopes, 2000 (Media Release)
TPX (Technology platform X) - software-based radio receiver using digital down converters for use in radio based analysers for the minerals and process industries. Intalysis is funding development of a specific configuration for their moisture analysers.
Transyt - software, network model of advisory speed signs
Tree Planting Auger - an instrument for tractor-mounted or hand-operated use in situations where a post-hole digger is inadequate
Trident™ - functional chewing gum for application in oral healthcare; contains a casein phosphopeptide-amorphous calcium phosphate ingredient as the active component – See Dairy products for improved human health
TSA (The Spectral Assistant™) - software that quickly and reliably identifies the constituent minerals of a rock sample from its PIMA spectra; is at the heart of another CSIRO package, The Spectral Geologist[external link], which is marketed commercially and has been sold to mineral exploration companies throughout the world
TSG[external link] (The Spectral Geologist) - software for the analysis, visualisation and integration of visible and infrared spectroscopic data of rocks, soils and minerals; used by companies for both exploration and mining; marketed by AusSpec International Pty Ltd – See also Hyperspectral imaging for analysing materials (Overview - Research)
TSSA (The Spatial Spectral Assistant®) - a spatial version of spectral identification software package, The Spectral Assistant, for use with hyperspectral images
Tube Eccentricity Measurement System - a machine that measures, on-line, wall thickness and its orientation, for manufacturers or tubes and pipes
Tuhillah - grape variety
TwinSplicer - creates virtually invisible splices in yarns; developed along with Thermosplicer™ as a direct result of the need to have robust and near invisible splices in Sirospun yarns that would survive the weaving process; (licensed to Savio) – See Solospun™ The Long Staple Weavable Singles Yarn (CSIRO Textile and Fibre Technology)
UltraBattery™ - an efficient, low emission power source for use in low greenhouse gas emission, low fuel consumption hybrid electric vehicles, and may provide a solution to the intermittency of electricity production from renewables (solar, wind, tides, etc). Licensed to Smart Storage Pty Ltd trading as Ecoult™. In October 2008 Japan's Furukawa Battery Company and East Penn from the United States have signed an exclusive sub-license agreement.
UltraPS analyser - a new particle size analyser for the on-line size measurement of particles in slurries; will improve the operational efficiency of alumina refineries
UMIS (Ultra-micro indentation system) - a machine that measures the properties of surface coatings. Most accurate machine available
UrPol (Urban Pollution model) - model provides estimates of the rate of emission of each of the major vehicle air pollutants
Vacuum pump (oil-free) - for use where contamination of the system with residual oil vapour must be avoided (e.g. electron microscopes, semiconducting and coatings industries)
VASS (Vehicle Allocation and Scheduling System) - fleet dynamics software
VaporMate - fast-acting, safe and versatile fumigant for the Australian grain industry
VAXSTRATE - an immuno-neutering vaccine to control reproduction in cows for up to 9 months; licensed to Peptech Ltd
Vaxxitek™ HVT+IBD - a live, recombinant virus vaccine against Infectious bursal disease virus (IBDV) in poultry; based on VP2 technology licensed to Merial
Virtual Mine - a program that combines data into a visually integrated 3D model of entire mine sites
Virtual Rock Laboratory - web-based interface software which analyses the mechanics of rocks; a collaboration between AuScope Grid and ESSCC
ViScope™ - the world's first non-invasive heart failure predictive tool in the area of mechanical heart sound analysis for early detection of cardiac diseases; licensed to HD Medical Group Ltd
VISOR - software for visualisation of ore-grade data
Vital Signs Sensor Technology - a device which uses a unique radio frequency method to monitor heart and lung conditions without skin contact and over clothing; licensed to HD Medical Group Ltd to detect, analyse and diagnose structural cardiac faults – See Personal Monitoring Clinical Trials Program (e-Health Research Centre)[external link]
VOC Probe (Volatile Organic Compound Probe) - an instrument which monitors concentrations in soil and groundwater; developed with funding from CRC Waste Management and Pollution Control
Vortex Mower - uses technology that reduces aerodynamic blade noise to give a quieter rotary lawnmower
WaterPEN - software that assesses performance of window frames in preventing the ingress of water
Water Quality Calculator - a web tool that calculates the salinity (EC), Sodium Adsorption Ratio (SAR) and pH when water sources are mixed together to provide irrigation water
WaterSense - water scheduling software tool for sugarcane growers
Web Grouputer - software devised by Grouputer Corp. and adapted for the Internet by CSIRO, it helps project teams to work or learn in teams from their homes on the World Wide Web
Wetup - software that displays approximate wetting patterns from drippers
WheatRite - tool that tests the level of weather damage in wheat before harvest or during delivery
Whey growth factor extract (WGFE) - a concentrated extract of cellular growth factors, obtained from Cheddar cheese whey; shows remarkable cell repair and growth stimulation effects, and has application in the specialist food, medical, veterinary and biotechnology sectors – See Dairy products for improved human health
White Gold - mungbean germplasm varietal line; commercialised by the Australian Mungbean Association
Whopper Cropper - software for cropping systems modeling and seasonal climate forecasting in the highly variable climate of north-eastern Australia
WINCMSS - a model that uses land use and nutrient generation data to predict nutrient load (or load of any other pollutant) reaching the waterway of a catchment
WINE - software comprising detailed maps of South Eastern Australia giving information on which areas would be suitable for growing grapes for wine – See Grapes and wine overview (Overview)
WinView - software that displays and interprets lithological and stratigraphic outcomes from natural gamma, gamma-gamma and neutron-gamma spectroscopic borehole tools
Wood Futures - spreadsheet model to assist plantation development by providing broad indications of future wood product flows and their value
Woody Weeder - stem injection instrument that delivers Glyphosate
Wool Processing Lubricants - new range of wool lubricants developed in 1980s and 1990s; reduce damage during carding and reduce breakage and waste in worsted processing; marketed by Henkel, they now account for approximately 80% of the world market
Woolrich quilt - opened bedding and related product markets to wool; relicensed for more general application for filling materials
Woolwise[external link] a resource for educators, researchers, consultants, students and other stakeholders in the wool industry. It was established using funds provided by the Wool CRC (Co-operative Research Centre for Premium Quality Wool) and the former AWTA Ltd Wool Education Trust[external links]
XENA (X-belt Elemental Nuclear Analyser) - on-line analyser for the cement industry; accurately measure the concentrations of calcium, silicon, aluminium, iron and minor elements independent of both horizontal and vertical segregation and independent of changes in belt loading
XRD - on-line analyser for cement industry; measures the composition and mineralogy of finished product cement in real time and on-line. It is based on X-ray diffraction (XRD) techniques and Rietveld analytical methods.
XSpectra - software modules for visualising, interpreting, plotting, processing, importing and exporting spectra
XUM - imaging and tomography instrument for microscopic specimens; commercialised by XRT Ltd and Gatan
Yield Prophet - a powerful computer simulation program that can predict crop performance relatively accurately, uses APSIM to simulate crop growth during the season
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Zanamavir - anti-influenza virus drug, marketed as Relenza™
Zero Probe - gamma-gamma ultra-low radiation spectrometric instrument which delineates coal seams and determines quality of coal
the best places to re-plant to minimise sediment loss; (ii) suitability maps for 38 tree and shrub species; and (iii) the ability to determine the impacts on water yields at the same time – See also Helping China re-vegetate the Loess Plateau (Achievement)