The "cool idea" of an open wall refrigerator has won a student from Dunedin some cold cash at an international design award in Italy - and is impressing internet users.

Millionaire industrialist Alan Gibbs has launched his latest creation, the amphibious Quadski which can navigate water or land. Here's a look at a test run.

A man who wedged his double-trailer truck on a winding hill road north of Wellington after following GPS instructions was a disqualified driver, police say.

Preschool pupils are teaching their teachers a thing or two with their grasp of new technology.

The modern world is filled with technological distractions which are increasingly hard to switch off.

Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak, here next week with his Woz Live tour, speaks to nzherald.co.nz about innovation, the future of Apple and Segway polo.