Jet packs! Motors that run for ever! Centrally heated pants! We've been promised these wonders, and many more, for ages. So what's the hold-up?

Eighty-one per cent of New Zealanders are happy to use fingerprint scans to prove their identity and 68% are willing to have their eyes scanned.

Online share traders with a tendency to get over-excited now have help at hand.

Ever wondered what's inside the latest hot gadget but were too afraid to wield a screwdriver yourself?

Imagine if everything you pointed your phone at - from people to pets, shops to mountains - had its own 'bubble' of information.

Yoko Ono told a UK website that the entire Beatles back catalogue will be available on Apple's iTunes tomorrow. Was she right?

Christchurch-based Martin Aircraft Co wants to provide the public with jetpack test flights.

Speculation is rife that Apple is planning a tablet PC - with sources saying CEO Steve Jobs is devoting all his time to the top secret project.