Startup braves Theranos stain with dreams of low-cost blood tests

Startup braves Theranos stain with dreams of low-cost blood tests

San Diego-based Truvian is looking to succeed where the notorious Elizabeth Holmes-helmed Theranos so spectacularly failed:blood testing.

  • byMike Freeman

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Researchers in Australia take key step toward battery of the future

Researchers in Australia take key step toward battery of the future

An international team of researchers believe they have made a breakthrough that could extend the life of the batteries that power smartphones and electric cars.

  • byLiam Mannix
The future is here – and it's looking bright

The future is here – and it's looking bright

Put away that crystal ball. The technology to make your life better – and perhaps even longer – already exists.

  • byTony Davis
Bird? Plane? Jet-powered hoverboard? French'Flying Man'crosses English Channel

Bird? Plane? Jet-powered hoverboard? French'Flying Man'crosses English Channel

French inventor Franky Zapata has crossed the English Channel on a jet-powered hoverboard,zooming to Dover in just over 20 minutes.

Pineapple peelers and flying doctors:Celebrating Queensland inventions

Pineapple peelers and flying doctors:Celebrating Queensland inventions

Queensland turned 160 years old on Thursday take a look at some of the best inventions from the sunshine state.

  • byLydia Lynch andSabrina Walker
From pacemakers to the goon bag,Aussies are an inventive lot

From pacemakers to the goon bag,Aussies are an inventive lot

For every brilliant Aussie invention,many more have never seen the light of day. Here are a few of the more notable ... and some of the less notable.

  • bySally Pryor
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The tech founders who cannot bear to let go of their baby

The tech founders who cannot bear to let go of their baby

Silicon Valley's elite band of entrepreneurs such as Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk have retained an iron grip on their companies,but shareholders still hold the ultimate sanction.

  • byLaurence Dodds
Get them moo-ving:Startup develops'Fitbit for cows'

Get them moo-ving:Startup develops'Fitbit for cows'

Startup Ceres Tag has developed a device which tracks cows and monitors their health in conjunction with the CSIRO.

  • byCara Waters
Queensland-built Lego caravan claims world record

Queensland-built Lego caravan claims world record

The pastime of playing with Lego was put to the test as Caravanning Queensland with Top Parks and brick builder Ben Craig created a 1973 Viscount Royal caravan with Lego bricks.

  • byJocelyn Garcia