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Artists impression of Tipplers Resort Hotel View, architect Magnus Bjornsson.

74-yr-old Aussie inventor takes on China

THIS Australian entrepreneur doesn’t speak the language and faces a mountain of red tape, but he is taking his invention to China anyway.

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Call to ban ‘terrifying’ killer robots

Call to ban ‘terrifying’ killer robots

ELON Musk has joined 116 robotic and artifical intelligence founders to call for a ban on these lethal weapons or welcome a “terrifying future”.

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G0RHKP View of Sydney in cloudy weather - full frame horizontal composition - Potts Point district and other

How we’ll live in the year 2050

THE global population is growing at a rapid rate and the way we live is likely to change. A new report has made a number of predictions for our lives in 2050.

Remember Clippy? You probably either loved or hated him.

What you never knew about Clippy

MICROSOFT’S Clippy was one of the most annoying features ever, but there’s probably a lot you don’t know about the famed paperclip.

(FILES) This file photo taken on July 19, 2017 shows Elon Musk, CEO of SpaceX and Tesla, during the International Space Station Research and Development Conference at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington, DC. US entrepreneur Elon Musk said on July 20, 2017 he'd received tentative approval from the government to build a conceptual

‘Vastly more risk than North Korea’

ELON Musk has used an old Victorian government anti-pokies poster in a strange apocalyptic twitter rant about the dangers of AI.

Most embarrassing design fails. Picture: Supplied

Most embarrasing design fails

FROM the dangerous to the completely inappropriate, these design fails must have cost a fair few people their jobs.

Design of Australia's new $10 note unveiled

New $10 note has cool hidden feature

HOT on the heels of the new $5 note introduced last year comes a revamped tenner. It’s due to land in your pockets soon.

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Most embarrassing design fails. Picture: Supplied

Most embarrassing design fails

THESE hilarious pictures reveal the world’s funniest slip-ups in the design department.

Viewers watch the ultraviolent footage at the Whitney art gallery in New York.

The sickest artwork of all time

A GRUESOME virtual reality installation named ‘Real Violence’ allows viewers to watch a man being beaten to a bloody mess.

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APRIL 7, 2003 : A US Army M1 Abrams tank crew take a break in front of Hussein's presidential palace near Baghdad's international airport 07/04/03. Gulf War / Iraq Operation Iraqi Freedom USA Armed Forces

Gigantic battle of the tanks in Russia

DEFENCE forces from Russia, China and Iran are currently battling it out in a gigantic spectacle competing for the title of best tank.

FFAM35 ALBERT EINSTEIN (1879-1955). /nAmerican (German-born) theoretical physicist. Photographed by Art Sasse when asked to smile for his birthday, Princeton, 1951.

Why this image is worth $157,000

A PRINT of Nobel prize-winning physicist Albert Einstein is one of the most widespread and iconic images ever. So why is it worth so much?

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An image of Bitcoin and US currencies is displayed on a screen as delegates listen to a panel of speakers during the Interpol World Congress in Singapore on July 4, 2017. The three-day conference on fostering innovation for future security challenges is taking place from July 4 to 6. / AFP PHOTO / ROSLAN RAHMAN

The billion dollar battle over Bitcoin

THERE is a civil war brewing within the ranks of the most popular digital currency, and billions of dollars are at risk.

DS Dolls have completed a prototype of a robotic sex doll head, with a complicated mechanical structure inside of the head, and very sofe silicone skin. Picture: DSDoll.com

Life-like sex dolls a ‘game changer’

THE company behind the new dolls say they can listen and answer questions and move like a real person. And that is only the start.

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Human-friendly robot technology. Robots will soon replace our friends.

China’s plan for Holy Grail of tech

CHINA has a plan to become a world leader by 2030 and it involves pursuing what many believe to be the Holy Grail of modern technology.

Incorporating green nature introduced some life into the office environment.

Inside Atlassian’s crazy new offices

IT’S worth $10 billion and offers its employees a free bar, kitchen and ice cream freezer. But believe it or not, this company does draw the line somewhere.

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Before ‘it’s too late’: Elon Musk’s dire warning

BILLIONAIRE Elon Musk has delivered a stark message to politicians telling them we need to act soon to avoid a potential killer.

This image released by Hyperloop One shows the first Prototype of Hyperloop One Pod on July 12, 2017. US startup Hyperloop One announced the first successful full-systems test of its near-supersonic rail transit system. / AFP PHOTO / Weber Shandwick PR / HO / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT

Hyperloop completes big first test

A US start-up has pulled off a major test of Elon Musk’s super speed train idea. “We essentially invented our own sky in a tube,” the company said.

The first whole-Earth plate tectonic map of half a billion years of Earth history

Map fills half-a-billion-year gap in history

A GAP of 500 million years in our understanding of Earth’s history has been solved. This map gives us unparalleled insight into the missing millenia.

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Holly Cardew from Pixc is taking Silicon Valley by storm.

Teenage mogul makes a stunning fortune

WHEN she was just 14 Holly Cardew, a schoolgirl from regional Australia, started selling handbags online. Now she’s a stunning success.

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Erik Finman made good on beoming a teen millionaire.

Kid won $1m bet with his folks

MEET the high-school dropout who became a millionaire by the age of 18 after winning a bet with his parents to skip out on classes.

Hyper Chariot wants to bring space travel to Earth.

Canberra to Melbourne in 10 minutes

THIS ‘super train’ would be able to travel at 6500km/h and take 10 minutes to get from Canberra to Melbourne. But it’s certainly a long way off.

NASA's X-plane is set to take flight by 2021

NASA’s insane supersonic X-Plane

NASA is set to test a new supersonic jet and it’s already being hailed as the “the new Concorde”.

A new Australian five dollar banknote is displayed in Sydney on Thursday, Sept. 1, 2016. The new note, which came into circularion today, arose following a campaign from 15-year-old Connor McLeod, who is visually impaired, that amassed 57,000 supporters targeting the Reserve Bank of Australia. (AAP Image/Paul Miller) NO ARCHIVING

Secret codes hidden in everyday items

DID you know your five dollar note has a hidden code that prevents certain tasks? This is only one example of clandestine messages tucked away in plain sight.

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The Penn State Immersive Experiences Lab focuses on providing students with access to technologies for creating and consuming immersive media such as 360 video and virtual reality. Picture: Penn State University

How future classrooms will look

ERGO chairs ditched for ones that make you ‘lean in’, floors designed to sit on, and virtual reality masks everywhere. Welcome to the classroom of the future.

COLORADO SPRINGS, CO - MAY 11: (USNEWS AND WORLD REPORT AND NEWSWEEK OUT) At the second interior entrance to the Cheyenne Mountain Complex headquarters for NORAD a military officer exits the administrative area May 11, 2004 in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Constructed during the Cold War period in 1958, NORAD (North American Aerospace Command) was responsible for external air, missile and space defense. Since September 11, 2001, it now watches 7,000 aircraft per day within the U.S. NORAD covers each aircraft's flight pattern including contingencies for the U.S. President's flights and landings. NORAD coordinates with civilian authorities and works with the Pentagon, federal, state and local authorities. Canadian military officials make up 10-15 percent of NORAD's 326 total staff. NORAD works with Department of Homeland Security (DHS) but is not part of DHS. The personnel work at 7,000 feet inside a granite mountain. Two 25-ton security doors seal the inside offices from any type of attack. NORAD has a self sufficient survival system with independent water and air supplies. (Photo by Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images)

Inside America’s secret bunkers

HIDDEN across the US are secret Doomsday bunkers, which are to be used by government and military officials in case of a nuclear war.

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This photo taken on June 7, 2017 shows a woman displaying the score of an artificial intelligence machine named AI-MATHS after it sat a maths exam in Chengdu, in China's southwest Sichuan province. The AI machine took the math portion of China's annual university entrance exam, finishing it faster than young students, but its grade was no better than the average human. The AI machine took the math portion of China's annual university entrance exam, finishing it faster than young students, but its grade was no better than the average human. / AFP PHOTO / STR / China OUT

Can this machine ace a uni maths exam?

AN ARTIFICAL intelligence machine has taken the maths section of China’s annual university entrance exam, but the results weren’t quite as expected.

The keyboard has a USB cable and Bluetooth connection, and a battery that recharges automatically.

Why you should buy this $200 keyboard

USING unique craftsmanship and materials, the keyboard has been handmade from a single piece of wood, with the grain preserved. Sounds fancy, right?

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Yuma Soerianto, is a 10 year old Melbourne Australia that has developed 5 apps on the App Store, including Let's Stack! Picture: Supplied

10-year-old Aussie’s big Apple break

THE youngest attendee at Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference is a 10 year old from Melbourne — and his work has just drawn praise from the very top.

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istock pic of farmers market for best weekend; coast weekend

The tech changing how you shop

A NEW technology is set to change how you buy our food and produce — and it will put the power back in your hands.

New Google HQ plans in London. Picture: HayesDavidson

Google’s ‘groundscraper’ headquarters

TECH giant Google has showcased a gigantic 11 storey building that will feature one million square feet of space and house 7,000 employees.

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