Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization of Australia

The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) is Australia's national scientific research organization, formerly known as the Advisory Council of Science and Industry (ACSI), established in 1926. CSIRO's major research achievements include Atomic-Absorption Spectroscopy, the world's first plastic banknote, aerial insect repellents, gene paste technology, promotion of a range of pest control systems, and the Panoptic search engine. control systems, the Panoptic search engine (now known as Funnelback), the votApedia telephone questionnaire system and the Annodex video content labeling system.