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Friday 23 October 2026

The black box was Australian

Ten puzzles on Australian inventions, from ASCII hex to an ADFGX closer. Answers are hidden at the foot.

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Photo: Tiraden / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0), cropped

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The flight recorder, a key Wi-Fi patent and the cochlear implant all came out of Australian labs. Today's pack is homegrown too.

An orange Hussenot-Beaudouin flight recorder, an early French design, open in a museum display case. — Photo: Tiraden / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0), cropped

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