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Alex Hallam was diagnosed with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD) just before his 4th birthday. Now, at 16, he is one of the first people to try on a prototype smart suit designed to help him with everyday tasks. Alice Rizzo reports.

Gadgets including a ‘full-connected home’ were presented on Tuesday (February 28) on the second day of the MWC tech fair.

Beijing-based tech company Lenovo showcased their foldable tablet and laptops at Barcelona's Mobile World Congress.

Thousands of visitors attended the Mobile World Congress 2023 in Barcelona on Monday (February 27) to try out the latest tech innovations, including flight simulators, robots, and other immersive experiences.

The factory worker grabbed a handful of worn-out shoes and fed them into roaring machines that chopped and crushed and transformed them into "eco-rubber" - part of a green push in Portugal's footwear industry. Ilan Rubens reports.

A clash between Big Tech and European Union telecoms firms over who will underwrite network infrastructure is set to dominate discussion at the world's largest telecoms conference this week. Francis Maguire reports.

A Russian spacecraft on a mission to bring back to Earth a crew stranded on the International Space Station (ISS) has docked at the station, Russian space agency Roscosmos said early on Sunday.

A robotic arm with a brush taped to it at Carnegie Mellon University is collaborating with humans on paintings, raising questions about the nature of art and how artificial intelligence performs when its controllers need it to be imprecise. Trevor Koroll produced this report.

A Russian Soyuz spacecraft blasted off on Friday (February 24) on a mission to bring back to Earth a crew stranded on the International Space Station (ISS) by a leak in the cooling system of their original return capsule, Russian news agencies reported.

After years in development, a pair of Swedish-designed inflatable jeans aimed at protecting motorcyclists from accidents is ready to hit the market on February 28.

A brown bear that lay almost perfectly preserved in the frozen wilds of eastern Siberia for 3,500 years has undergone a necropsy by a team of scientists after it was discovered by reindeer herders on a desolate island in the Arctic.

Maize husks, cassava peelings, coconut shells and other organic waste are the untraditional raw materials of Roland Adjovi's charcoal business that he hopes will help slow the destruction of Benin's trees for cooking fuel. Rachel Graham produced this report.

A private school has built the first virtual-reality classroom in the Gaza Strip, giving students an opportunity to explore their lessons through immersive 3D graphics.

Saudi Arabia has opened up its UNESCO World Heritage site, Hegra, to virtual visitors in the metaverse.

Marine scientists at University of Washington's Friday Harbor lab are breeding and studying endangered sunflower sea stars following a massive die-off over the past decade. Olivia Chan reports.

We all need to become more skeptical about anything we read online, according to cyber security consultants WithSecure, who say AI chatbots like ChatGPT could hugely increase our risk of being scammed. Ilan Rubens reports.

As Australia’s wildlife grapples with the loss of habitat created by logging and bushfires, conservation biologist Matt Stephens looks into a tree hollow he carved using the Hollowhog, a game-changing tool he invented to create artificial tree hollows that become new homes for hundreds of animal species.

Scientists in the UK say the search is on for a ‘plastic-eating’ enzyme that can help recycle polyester clothing to stop millions of tons of waste ending up in landfill or being burned every year.

Startup farm Veggitech produces year-round crops using smart and sustainable farming technologies in the middle of UAE's Sharjah desert.

Japan-based company Takikou Sewing has introduced its new onion-shaped goofy beanbag that's designed to help wearers relax and "totally let go," said the company's representative Shogo Takikawa.

A snaking wall of almost 5,000 solar panels has been attached to Switzerland's Muttsee dam, the landlocked nation’s longest dam. It’s part of a plan to maximize green energy production which Axpo’s Jeanette Schranz says thrives during the winter months. Kristy Kilburn reports.

Google owner Alphabet on Monday (Feb. 6) said it will launch a chatbot service and more artificial intelligence for its search engine as well as developers, an answer to Microsoft in their rivalry to lead a new wave of computing. This report produced by Freddie Joyner.

A leading conservation research group found that 40% of animals and 34% of plants in the United States are at risk of extinction, while 41% of ecosystems are facing collapse. Alice Rizzo reports.

An immersive virtual reality platform that combines artificial intelligence and psychometric testing allows employees to step into the metaverse to 'level up' in the real world. Francesca Lynagh reports.

A California startup using rocks to soak up carbon dioxide from the air has teamed up with a Canadian company to mineralize the gas in concrete, a technological tie-up that is a first and could provide a model for fighting climate change globally. Lucy Ha has more.