Peter Ford

Peter Ford become the first Australian news anchor at CNN in the US, then NBC in Washington DC, covering the White House, the Pentagon, NASA, and reporting from Moscow, the Gulf War and, and Afghanistan, when he and his news team were embedded with mujahideen at Tora Bora, where Osama bin Laden was hiding out.

At CNN, Peter also worked as a coder at the US Veterans Administration Rehabilitation R&D Lab, creating new technology for people with disabilities,.  With scientist James Schorey he employed a person’s neuroelectric signals to control computers.  His programs were beta-tested by Prof Stephen Hawking.

In 2005 with investment from Sydney-based Phoenix Development Fund’s Lindsay Phillips, he founded Control Bionics PL.

In 2020 the company floated on the ASX [CBL] evolving advanced MedTech for Australia, New Zealand, North America, the UK, and Japan; and assessing patients from Beijing to Europe.

Control Bionics is constantly evolving, using AI in communications coding for disabled users, and designing technology for remote medical sensing, trauma care and sport.

This year Peter Founded Electric Body XPB, to help elite athletes improve their Personal Best with neuroelectrics.