Ever wanted to know how your mail gets from A to B? You could ask your postman. Or you could do what this industrious guy did and secretly film the whole thing.

Forty. It’s the new 30, which, depending on your state of arrested development, may also be the new 20. It’s also the age of the humble mobile phone, which, unlike us, is actually getting smarter as it gets older.

3D printers may still be a hobbyhorse flogged by a fringe group of technologists, design enthusiasts and the odd architect, but soon there will probably be one in every household.

The wheel, antibiotics, the steam engine and the printing press are inventions that have changed the course of history. But what if there was an accidental discovery that could not only change the world, but save it at the same time?

Our lives are built from circuits, processors, switches and wires, yet most of us don't know how these miniscule things actually make the world work. 

Apple fanboys take note: there are iPad cases, and then there are Hardgraft iPad cases.

Ever wanted to smack a beetroot in the face and play the drums at the same time? It is now possible thanks to Scott Garner's Beet Box.

If the thought of restoring a four-year old iPhone invokes cold sweats, imagine getting the world's oldest digital computer back into action.

The MIT Technology Review is a rich vein of science-ish knowledge into which you should tap. Unapologetically geeky, the focus is on the human significance of our interaction with the tools we create, the problems they solve and the meanings they propose.

As far as technologies of the future go, we had long since relegated cassette tapes to the dustbin of the past, alongside hand-powered looms and the idea of curing diseases through leeching.