Personal flying devices look closer to becoming a reality after a man wearing a jetpack flew around Sydney Harbour and another man zoomed over Paris on a high-speed hoverboard

Our hot Northern Territory sunshine could soon be farmed for electricity to power Singapore in an ambitious plan to make Australia a world leader in making renewable energy

A young Australian inventor plans to change the world one chicken nugget at a time, with one of the biggest food companies investing millions of dollars to help him develop his recipe

Students at all Victorian government schools will be banned from using or carrying phones from first to last bell from next year in an attempt to reduce distraction and cyber bullying

Looking at a smartphone while walking near or across roads is dangerous. To keep people safe, Sydney and Melbourne have trialled in-ground traffic lights, with Adelaide set to follow

Melbourne has won a global competition to host the first international base for Uber flying cars, with test flights to begin next year and driverless flights planned for the future

A small number of people are developing a big problem with gaming. The World Health Organisation has just officially declared this addiction to games a disease

YouTube has chosen an Australian teenage inventor to feature in a special documentary about her work and her potentially lifesaving creation and now the whole world is watching

Dig for false teeth, look for drop bears and search for wildlife in a new Minecraft mini Melbourne to learn about science, maths, archaeology and engineering

Bitcoin, Litecoin and Etherium are three examples of cryptocurrencies being used to buy goods online. We explain what cryptocurrency is, how it works and if it is here to stay

Port Adelaide AFL players are putting away their phones and a new study has found we might all feel better about ourselves if we follow their lead

PM Scott Morrison has promised to spend billions of dollars on high-speed rail links across Australia with the first project linking Melbourne to Geelong in 32 minutes

Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the internet, celebrates and reflects on the achievements and challenges for the future, 30 years on from the internet’s beginnings

Like Spider-Man and Batman, humans could one day have the power to see in the dark after scientists successfully tried their idea on mice

In the wake of several recent cyber attacks of major Australian organisations, we look at hackers, malware and the simple things we can do to help keep our information safe

More than 1 billion young people around the world are risking deafness by listening to loud noise through headphones, prompting the UN to issue international safe-volume standards

An incredible car-making robot in a Porsche factory will wear special skin over its metal muscles to sense human co-workers and help keep them safe from injury

The technology company that brought us the iPhone has a new invention that watches us as we sleep, helping keep us healthy but not, Apple promises, invading our privacy

Australia’s deep-space experts are an important communication link between NASA and a far-off spacecraft about to arrive at the asteroid Bennu. And this important mission has only just begun!

It lays bricks quickly and perfectly and won’t put bricklayers out of a job, according to the inventors of a robot that just built a family home over a long weekend

Big companies are working with a Swedish tech giant to explore the possibility of microchipping employees to boost workplace security

Volvo has devised a driverless concept car complete with sleeping cabin to replace short-distance flights. But would you feel safe to have a snooze?

A drone has filmed a tribe in the Amazon rainforest in Brazil, which experts believe has never been in contact with the outside world

Australia’s first computer goes on display to inspire kids to be part of the next generation of scientists and innovators. Can you believe how big it is?

Look up in the night sky near Sagittarius right now and you can see a glowing, yellow sphere that’s a very big and very near asteroid. Can you see it?

Flying car trials by UberAIR are planned for three cities by 2020. Melbourne and Sydney are battling it out to be part of that plan

Tired of waiting for the government, electric-car owners of Australia have united to build a massive “electric highway” of charging stations right around the country

Government report predicts texting and selfies will cause road death numbers to rise. A national safety organisation says the only way to stop phone use is to block mobile signals in every car

Astronauts can feel isolated while spending months in space, but technology is helping them stay entertained and connected with loved ones back on Earth

Year 8 student Hannah Black builds a working bionic hand as a holiday project.

Coomera Anglican College students visit Mars, the Sahara and rainforests all without leaving school in their new $4.5 million hi-tech learning Pod

An Adelaide doctor is using virtual reality to help patients overcome their fear of flying.

Australian airports are testing technology that recognises your face instead of having to carry a passport.

There’s a push to ban smartphones in schools to prevent cyberbullying and to improve students’ focus on learning

Parks Australia has teamed up with internet giant Google to show off one of the country’s most incredible natural phenomena. VIDEO

Sydney mathematics teacher Eddie Woo’s YouTube channel was made for one student. Now it has more than 100,000 subscribers. VIDEO

Generations of Aussie kids have grown up with nursery rhymes but there are growing fears they are disappearing in a world of hi-tech toys and gadgets

Technology has changed almost everything about the way we live. VIDEO

Apple has unveiled three new iPhones at an event in Cupertino, California. VIDEO

Catching a ride to school in a flying vehicle may be possible within just six years in Australia as Uber reveals its ambitious futuristic project. VIDEO

Australia has opened its first capsule hotel which offers travellers a private pod the size of a bed to sleep in. VIDEO

Assistant robots could be rolled out in almost every school within three years

A DRIVERLESS bus will soon be zipping around Sydney Olympic Park

Research has shown 97 per cent of Australian families have a video game device and 50 per cent of parents play online games with their kids

Anyone with an internet connection can now experience wonder of the underwater world of whales. VIDEO