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Billionaire pledges $100m to build butterfly-size spaceships
Yuri Milner's team plans to develop tiny, unmanned spaceships designed to fly on a research mission.
Yuri Milner's team plans to develop tiny, unmanned spaceships designed to fly on a research mission.
Analysts say there are a myriad of misconceptions about how the on-demand revolution will affect automakers.
It will take more than Tesla alone to green the global transportation sector.
Smart suitcases may be all you need to solve your travel woes.
The first Oculus Rift virtual reality headsets began shipping, ushering in the official beginning of a new era.
Kiwi biotech firm Ubiquitome is seeking clearance from the FDA to secure a Zika diagnostic test.
Vodafone exec aims to nurture new ventures with potential for growth, writes Helen Twose.
You'll still have to be 18 to set up an Uber account to use with the ride-hailing service's "Family Profiles" feature.
Engineer tortures robot for the purpose of science. What does this mean for the future of robots?
Meet Jamie Beaton: Kiwi, Harvard student and on first-name terms with US billionaires.
Depending on who you ask, it's either the perfect testing site, or a terrible one.
Mark Zuckerberg has today announced his plans to build artificial intelligence (AI).
They are replacing shop assistants and waiters, performing surgery, milking cows, driving cars and caring for the elderly - so how do you invest in the robot boom?
Who would have thought a computer program could write a new episode of 'Friends'.
Humanoid robots are fulfilling an increasingly broad range of jobs in Japan.
Office jobs globally are quickly being taken over by new technology but simple measures such as reskilling will prepare workers for the inevitable.
The latest evidence that 2015 was a breakout year for clean energy is in, and it's particularly telling.
IP firm AJ Park says entrepreneurs that created companies such as Uber, Dropbox and SurveyMonkey are showing us the future of business.
In the 1950s a journalist asked Willie Sutton why he robbed banks. He was quoted replying: "That's where the money is".
A tiny institute in Oxford is gearing up for futuristic robot wars, aiming to protect humanity if artificial intelligence goes bad.
Despite being declared dead , a new version of Google Glass headset may be coming soon.
We haven't seen anything of this magnitude since the invention of the printing press.
Google, in collaboration with Nasa, says it has a quantum computer -- the D-Wave 2X -- that actually works.
A worker who will never need a sick day has arrived in Auckland Airport - a world-first robot that sorts and delivers duty free goods to travellers.
As many as 5000 spectators are expected at the first public flight demonstration of the P12 Martin Jetpack in China tomorrow.
Auckland University's Bionic Joint project has been recognised by Europe's largest applied research institution and is set to receive funding from Germany's Fraunhofer Society.
Managers and company directors are increasingly being held legally responsible for the actions of others writes Travis Atkinson.
As the world tries to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions and combat climate change, policymakers have pinned hopes on electric cars.
Unaccompanied children flying on Air NZ planes will soon be issued with electronic wristbands that will trigger text messages to caregivers through their journey.