The CSIRO team behind one of the biggest developments in recent wireless local area networking technology has been named a finalist in the prestigious European Inventor Award 2012.

 

The team, comprising Dr John O’Sullivan, Dr Terry Percival, Diet Ostry, Graham Daniels and John Deane, have been nominated in the ‘Non-European countries’ category of the awards for developing the breakthrough technology which was the precursor to modern Wi-Fi.

 

The announcement marks only the second time an Australian team has ever been nominated as a finalist for the award.

 

“This is a great recognition for an invention that has transformed the way we work and live. We’re delighted that the inventors are being recognised through nomination for this award,” said Nigel Poole, CSIRO’s Acting Group Executive for Information Sciences.

 

“Australians can be proud that the rapid global expansion of indoor wireless communications is in part possible because of the WLAN technology invented by scientists at CSIRO.”

 

Winners of the 2012 award will be announced at an award ceremony in Copenhagen on 14 June.