In 1994 Silverbrook co-founded Silverbrook Research, an Australian research and development and invention licensing company. The stated goal of Geneasys is 'to equip medical professionals, primary care workers, aid workers, veterinarians, military personnel and private citizens with a simple to use, low cost, and highly accurate diagnostic devices'. Silverbrook is Founder and Chairman of Australian company Geneasys (Genetic Analysis Systems), which is developing 'KeyLab' a new class of medical diagnostic device which analyses multiple diseases from DNA using a standard smartphone. The technology launched in Esquire magazine. Silverbrook is Founder and CEO of Netpage, a company based on technology originally patented by Silverbrook Research in 1999. Silverbrook was executive director of CiSRA from its inception until 1994. In 1990 an Australian research subsidiary of the Japanese electronics company Canon was formed, named Canon Information Systems Research Australia (CiSRA). Silverbrook was managing director (Australian equivalent of US CEO) of Integrated Arts until 1990. In 1985, Silverbrook founded Integrated Arts, a parallel processing and computer graphics company using the Inmos transputer. He remained employed by Fairlight Instruments until 1985. While at Fairlight, he invented and developed the Fairlight CVI, a real-time video effects computer released in 1984. In 1977 he started at Fairlight Instruments, the developers of the first polyphonic digital sampling synthesizer, the Fairlight CMI.

Silverbrook was born in 1958 in Australia.

Silverbrook has founded companies and developed products in a wide range of disciplines, including computer graphics, video and audio production, scientific computing, factory automation, digital printing, liquid crystal displays (LCDs), molecular electronics, internet software, content management, genetic analysis, MEMS devices, security inks, photovoltaic solar cells, and interactive paper. Internationally, he has 9,874 patents or patent applications registered at the international patent document database ( INPADOC).

He is one of the most prolific inventors in the world, and has been granted 4,747 US utility patents as of 14 February 2022. Kia Silverbrook (born 1958) is an Australian independent inventor and scientist.

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