ABOUT US Forest4trees is a website setup by Bruce Williams Director of Park Bench Technology Pty Ltd. PBT was set up in 1997. Before this Bruce was Assistant Director with the Commonwealth of Australia's Department of Industry, Science and Technology. This position was working with entrpreneurs to help develop their businesses for over 20 years. PBT/Bruce Williams submitted two of the seventy seven contributions to a recent Australian Government Committee on Innovation . As well as this experience, he studied a Masters in New Product Selection Techniques. These techniques were used in the assessment of R&D proposals. He helped set up Free4all.com.au which while short in its existence also added to startup knowledge, in particular the tricks in company formation. He is currently upgrading his qualifications in adult training to a Diploma in Workplace Training. Some famous Australian innovations were 1855 Mechanical ice making machine 1876 Stump jump plough 1881 Wire streed torpedo 1906 Surf lifesaving belt and reel 1923 Sliding door track 1924 Vegemite 1936 Portable respirator 1943 Wheat stripper 1948 Rotary lawn mower 1949 Disposable plastic hypodermic syringe 1954 Black box recorder 1966 Bag in box wine cask 1971 Sealed internal pacemaker 1975 Pop-top cans - replace ring tops 1982 Bionic ear 1988 Polymer bank notes