These are brilliant ideas which may soon take shape. Perhaps 2017 may not be so bad after all.

2016 was a crazy year - to the delight of Bitcoin investors.

We're moving towards a "post-work economy" and it's nowhere near as good as it sounds.

The consumer Electronics Show kicks off next week - and some amazing products are set to be unveiled.

COMMENT: Has cutthroat competition led the righteous industry to lose sight of its moral values?

Innovation doesn't always go to plan, here are some of the biggest blunders the tech world gave us in 2016.

More financial services companies are embracing the technology.

Faster processing could allow for advancements in artificial intelligence and robotics.

New Zealand is pumping more cash into the world's most ambitious science and IT project, bringing its investment in the gigantic Square Kilometre Array to more than $2 million.

Is the box in your fridge that chills your food immune from technological disruption? Don't bet on it.

COMMENT: Virtual reality is on the cusp of breaking through to a mainstream technology.

New Zealand cooperatives - particularly those in Wellington - have a lot to offer under-developed countries.

Here's how augmented reality firm Holonize is creating modern-day science fiction.

A brand of kiwifruit that helped the industry battle back from the Psa-V crisis has been acknowledged with two honours at the NZ Innovation Awards.

Millennials are not the only employees wanting workplace flexibility. Here's what the future of work looks like.

Husband and wife duo India and Steve Korner explain how their business is helping to promote workplace promote sustainability.

Foreign investment in NZ technology companies is at a record high as venture capitalists look to invest in firms rather than acquire them outright.

COMMENT: This week I ate a 3D printed pancake. The printer used standard pancake batter as its "ink" and printed it on to a non-stick hot-plate.

COMMENT: Yet again, the variety and ingenuity of New Zealand business has astounded me.

Kiwi food company's product range includes wild ants, huhu grubs, locusts and cricket powder.

Financial wunderkind Jamie Beaton has raised $41 million from New York investors, putting the 21-year-old from St Heliers firmly onto the rich list.

The much-anticipated speech comes a few weeks after one of SpaceX's rockets blew up, leaving questions about the the future of the company.

The best of NZ Herald Business 2016: A fake meat patty so realistic that it drips pink blood is just the start of food technology of the future.

Creators say movie studios could use the software to analyse films and compare men's and women's roles.

COMMENT: If the risk of lithium-ion batteries is well documented, where does that leave consumers in terms of insurance?

Making an electric car is easy. We've been doing it for more than a century. Charging them, however, is tough.

Elon Musk portrays himself as a visionary on a mission to rescue humankind from global warming with solar technology.

COMMENT: Juha Saarinen reviews the Samsung Galaxy Note 7.

COMMENT: Vodafone's working hard to avoid being in a "dumb pipe" situation, writes Juha Saarinen.

The new wave of gadgets is ready to make your current electronica look like a bunch of rocks you bang together. Here's a look at how these trends will hit Auckland.