Which Australian scientist invented the flight data recorder known as the black box?
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Correct answer: A. David Warren
- Step 1: David Warren designed the first flight data and cockpit voice recorder in Melbourne in the 1950s. Answer: David Warren. Why not the others: Graeme Clark invented the cochlear implant, Howard Florey worked on penicillin, and Lawrence Hargrave was an aviation pioneer known for box kites.
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