Aussie Inventions That Changed The World (2019)

S01E08 Super Vision

This episode highlights four groundbreaking Australian inventions that changed our perception of the world. William and Lawrence Bragg developed X-ray crystallography, unveiling the atomic makeup of crystals. At the Australian National University, Milutin Stoilovic and his team collaborated with Federal Police to design the Polilight, a forensic lamp capable of revealing hidden fingerprints. Charles Tait, alongside his family, produced the first-ever feature film. Meanwhile, in the trenches of Gallipoli, William Beech engineered the periscope rifle, showcasing ingenuity in wartime.