Achievements

A concrete block on a balance with two HySSIL blocks

HySSIL™ building material

HySSIL® is an aerated cement-based product that is as strong as normal concrete but is only half as heavy. It […]

Testing for the presence of 3-MCPD in soy sauce

Food Technology Neophobia Scale

Downloads Food Technology Neophobia Scale Food Technology Neophobia Scale Consumers' fears of novel food technologies are well documented. Some technologies […]

Two men working in a darkened room at computer workstations

CSIRO Medals 2000 – Research achievement – Dr Terry Percival, Mr Graham Daniels and Professor David Skellern

CSIRO’s wireless invention lies at the heart of what is now the most popular way to connect computers without wires. The invention came out of CSIRO’s pioneering work in radioastronomy.

A technician working with the CSIR Mk1 Computer

The Computer “CSIRAC” (1965)

Think you’re an early adopter? CSIRAC was an automatic digital computer, the fifth computer of its kind ever built. It weighed 7,000 kg and had a RAM of 768 words.