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Swiss engineers have reported on a new roly-poly robot, powered by a fire in its belly.
Solar plane touches down, much more to come
The world’s first inter-continental solar-powered plane has completed the first leg of its round-the-world journey.
Metal hearts for the age of bionic organs
Australian medical engineers say they are on the verge of a breakthrough, after the transplant of a fully bionic heart.
Tech giants rush to stamp out 'Freak'
Apple, Google and Microsoft are rushing to patch a serious mobile security flaw.
Writing robots help human helpers
Researchers in Europe are helping children learn to write by getting them to teach robots.
Government apps draw broad condemnation
Reports say mobile apps produced by the Department of Human Services are so bad that they have led some to miss receiving their benefits.
Consumers drive dodgy devices
New research suggests most electronics are rubbish and about to break.
Hip new laser looks pretty square
Australian nano-engineers have devised the newest addition to the “lab-on-a-chip” idea.
Ink that thinks for sensitive pens
Nanoengineers have developed an ink that can make a sensor just by drawing it on.
Disney delegates to automatic authors
Disney is beginning to outsource its storywriting to computers.
Health sites suffer from low readability
Research shows Australian health web sites are too difficult for the average person to read.
Help site to fight dire violence rate
A new online tool is aimed at helping women in unhealthy or unsafe relationships to free themselves.
Pro-carbon house on debut
A building plugged as Australia’s first carbon positive prefab home has been on display in Melbourne.
Robb rubbishes AMA's secret trade scare
Trade Minister Andrew Robb has hinted that the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement will be signed soon.
Black hole bends former theories
Physicists will have to re-adjust their theories, following the discovery of a mind-bogglingly big black hole.
Transmitter for switch to thing-based future
Engineers at MIT have unveiled a transmitter that may one day let your toaster talk to your car.
Arris bags big HFC deal
NBN Co has signed up Arris to upgrade the Optus and Telstra hybrid fibre-coaxial (HFC) networks.
Deep spy finding puts eyes in the hard drive
The NSA – the US digital spy agency – appears to have broken new ground in its level of computer surveillance.