Apple’s surprise ‘bed tech’ idea
The iPhone maker is reportedly mulling plans to for “smart” bed technology that watches users while they snooze, tracking their heart rate, breathing and body temperature.
Inventions
From holograms to robots: our other Shark Tank
The Shark Tank has made the startup sector hot property. And Steve Baxter’s incubator isn’t the only one in Brisbane doing cool stuff.
Top-secret weapons revealed
A controversial US army research lab is behind a raft of shocking futuristic weapons — and many of them already exist.
World’s first brick made of urine
Instead of being flushed away, the contents of your next trip to the toilet could be used as a key ingredient in the construction of a new eco-friendly house.
The quest for Young Steve is in 3D
THE next big tech entrepreneur could be in a Queensland classroom — and some cool technology is being used to coax them out.
New plan to stop checkout thieves
THAT “accident” you keep doing at the check-outs — swiping posh food as potatoes. Not for much longer. Secret $1.2m trials are underway.
Gov’s $700K blockchain slap down
IT’S supposed to be the tech that revolutionises industries but after spending hundreds of thousands of dollars to better understand it, the Government’s not sold.
Palmer reveals Titanic II moving to Paris
CLIVE Palmer has announced that his controversial Titanic II project will be headquartered in Paris instead of London — and he’s blaming Brexit for the decision.
China’s bizarre fake ‘moon’ plan
CHINA has come up with a bizarre plan that will transform the sky. And it’s totally out of this world.
Elon Musk is launching his own tequila
JUST when you thought Elon Musk couldn’t get any more bizarre, he has decided to use his electric car company to launch a tequila label.
Ancient Greeks’ curious tech predictions
A NEW book by a Stanford Historian claims that Greek myth predicted killer robots, AI assistants and other modern technology with eerie accuracy.
The trolley that records your vital signs
THERE’S market research, and then there’s this. Walmart wants to make a shopping trolley that records things like your grip and walking speed. All in the name of retail therapy.
Could this save our strawberries?
THE farms using this new technology were not implicated in the needle contamination saga, so is this the answer we need?
It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s a bird-plane!
NASA has achieved what nature figured out long ago — how to change direction with the flick of a wing. And it could soon be changing the way we fly.
Telstra’s $50m payphone loophole
A LEGAL loophole is making one city weave and duck between Telstra’s “super-sized” payphones while the company makes millions.
The clock that could save us
IT’S A doomsday clock of a different kind and it can pinpoint threats to our nation with precision accuracy.
Choice we can’t bear to confront
IT’S a topic no-one wants to think about until it’s too late. But it doesn’t have to be that way – and Aussies are coming up with some unique ideas.
Teen’s genius solution to common gripe
THIS 17-year-old was only in year 6 when she came up with this brilliant invention. Now she’s on to her fourth – and it’s even been patented.
Elon Musk’s extraordinary confession
ELON Musk has opened up about one of the most “difficult” and “painful” years of his career, labelling it “excruciating”.
Sex robots are the new ‘marriage aids’
A CANADIAN scientist has claimed sex robots may soon become as vital to modern homes as a microwave oven, serving as “marriage aids” in and out of the bedroom.
Device to ‘turbo-charge internet speeds’
AUSSIE researchers behind a world-first breakthrough say it could be used to help turbocharge internet speeds around the globe.
Shock reason why Play-Doh was invented
PLAY-DOH was first manufactured in the 1930s as a wallpaper cleaner before being rebranded into a children’s toy.
‘Elon Musk is a total fraud’
DON’T be fooled. So far, Tesla billionaire Elon Musk has only been successful at tricking people into thinking he’s a success.
Elon Musk is running out of cash
ELON Musk is in deep trouble. Tesla is running out of money and his true character is exposed — but he will still get away with everything.
Australia’s sly new space spy
AUSTRALIA has invented an ingeniously simple way to detect and track deadly projectiles in orbit above us. And it could give us an edge in the growing war on space junk.
Musk sorry for Thai ‘pedo’ slur
TECH billionaire Elon Musk has apologised to the British rescue diver he called a paedophile, trying to explain why he made the outrageous remarks.
Elon Musk’s radical plan for trapped boys
BILLIONAIRE Elon Musk has come up with a radical plan to rescue the soccer team trapped underground in a cave in Thailand.
Magazine predicted the future 95 years ago
THESE illustrations were “seemingly farfetched” back then, but fast-forward a century and they have been vindicated.
China has developed a scary new weapon
CHINA has developed a powerful new laser assault rifle that can destroy a target from nearly a kilometre away, and make them feel “pain beyond endurance”.
Does $499 product live up to the hype?
THIS $499 appliance attracts a whole lot of praise, but does it live up to the hype? We tested it to find out.
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