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Achievements

Biodegradable Packaging

A water-soluble, biodegradable plastic for food packaging has been developed and produced in Australia by the CRC for International Food Manufacture & Packaging Science and Melbourne based start-up company Plantic Technologies. Cadbury is using the product for its Milk Tray range of boxed chocolates, and Swinburne’s Professor Greg Lonergan and Dr Ranjith Jayasekara are testing its biodegradability.

 

Super-Fast Supercomputer

Swinburne is home to a supercomputer which breaks the 1 Teraflop barrier, one of two such machines in Australia and the only one in Victoria. Dedicated to astronomy and astrophysics, the Swinburne supercomputer is part of a project to design a US$1 billion global radio-telescope that will provide science with an unprecedented view of the early universe before stars shone.

 

Sport Camera

Swinburne’s Dr Chris Fluke has designed and built a camera that films athletes in 3D scenarios that simulate real sport environments. The footage is used in training, skill development and strategy evaluation.

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