Groceries, post and even pizza are now being delivered to remote parts of the world, previously cut off because they lacked an address. In Mongolia, people can apply for a bank account using three ...

An aircraft with a lace-like structure may not seem like the best way to fly, but it is one of a range of radical ideas about how we may travel in the future. A model of the aircraft, designed by ...

Author Don Tapscott has opened the TEDGlobal conference in Edinburgh predicting a new era of "networked intelligence". The theme at this year's conference, dedicated to technology, entertainment and ...

Many children in the world still have no formal education Children in developing countries could educate themselves using computers, the TEDGlobal conference in Edinburgh has been told. Prof Sugata ...