The high esteem in which the CSIRO is held by the public seems to be very strong throughout Australia.

Join our Weekend volunteers as they talk passionately about what this organisation means to them individually.

Although the conversation is general - there are many CSIRO innovations, designs and inventions represented in the Collection that we hope you will enjoy exploring.

We had 131 hits in our simple search for 'CSIRO' at: Search the Collection on the MAAS website.  What CSIRO innovation has impacted your life?

Image Credit: Powerhouse Museum.

One Kilogram silicon sphere made at the CSIRO for the Avogadro Project in 1994. This sphere was produced as part of an international project known as the Avogadro project. The goal of the Avogadro Project is to measure the value of the Avogadro constant to extreme precision, thereby allowing the mass of the kilogram to be defined in terms of the Avogadro constant. This would do away with the current physical artefact (a cylinder made of an alloy of platinum and iridium) and allow the kilogram to be reproduced in any laboratory by following a prescribed procedure.

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