Technology

Humans key to improving therapeutic robotics

An ankle exoskeleton.

Mechanical and robotic exoskeletons hold considerable promise, both as aids to the disabled and machines to increase the lifting power of worked in heavy industry, but so far the reality has lagged considerably behind the dream.

A bittersweet return to Morrowind

Morrowind takes players back to the weird, mushroom-filled Vvardenfell.

The latest expansion of The Elder Scrolls Online, which takes players back to the strange land of Vvardenfell last seen in The Elder Scrolls III, is a great showpiece for how far the MMO has come since 2014. But it also exemplifies the core duality ESO still suffers from.

Secret Australian history of Nintendo's NES

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It's likely that this month marks exactly thirty years since Nintendo's very first home video game console launched in Australia, and while you might think you could confirm that by asking the company itself or with a simple Google search, it's not that easy.

HP sprocket printer: tiny picture, big fun

A physical photo. What next?

The HP Sprocket is about the size of a deck of cards, and can print photographs that are 5cm by 7.6cm, using purpose-built 'Zink' paper. The clever trick is there is no ink involved: the printer uses thermographic technology to create the images, making the unit clean and quiet to operate.

Is Jayden K Smith coming to hack your Facebook?

Hackers friending you or your friends will not give them access to your computer.

A hoax message warning Facebook Messenger users not to accept friend requests from a "hacker" named Jayden K Smith has begun to circulate across the world, prompting confusion and an avalanche of memes.

Amazon set to make $1.3b in revenue in 30 hours

Strength to strength: Amazon founder Jeff Bezos.

Amazon's annual Prime Day is turning into one of the biggest shopping events of the US shopping calendar — but the long term benefit to the Amazon "ecosystem" is greater than any single day sales spike.

Loyal fanbase keeping Pokemon GO alive

Pokemon GO hype may have peaked last year, but for many the game goes on.

Initial fervour may have dissipated, yet arguably neither the cultural significance nor the core popularity (once the hype was over) of the game has waned.

How 'NotPetya' spread from Ukraine, and why it may still be a threat

Employees read a ransomware demand for the payment of $300 worth of bitcoin on company computers infected by the 'Petya' ...

Hijacking the servers of a company which makes a popular accounting program, hackers sent false software updates to around a million computers, which kicked off the massive worldwide spread of 'NotPetya' last week. Experts now believe the apparent mass ransom attempt was merely a cover for something more nefarious, and Ukrainian authorities are scrambling to untangle it.