Australian inventions

[Copepod]

An interesting article throughout, but Disposable syringes, the 9th of the 10 listed inventions, is of particular interest to anyone who's had an injection in the last 60 odd years...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-20071644

 

[AlisonF]

There's something about Australia - the blood glucose meter was invented there too (albeit by a Brit who moved over there) http://www.smh.com.au/national/obituaries/inventor-eased-diabetes-burden-20110710-1h8tl.html