Here are some options for tech-minded folks that won't break the bank.

Industry heads cite global factors for surge; see the currency reaching $US2000 by the end of the year.

Inna Braverman hopes the Australian coastline could soon be transformed by wave converters hanging off breakwaters, jetties, wharves and piers, alongside the rods and legs of hopeful fishermen.

Tech giant needs to have an explosive launch event for its next premium smartphone on Wednesday - speaking figuratively, of course.

Rather than a hyper-intellectual, alien activity practiced by a remote priesthood, science is hit and miss, the ever-changing product of less-than-brilliant people, just like every other human activity.