On Sale 30 May 2020

We start off with the big stuff, namely Australia's ongoing innovation with geothermal energy. Our continent is ripe for non-volcanic energy of this kind, and we look at the power plants of tomorrow that are already under construction today. 

Also, forget about being connected to the grid. Just buy a bar-fridge sized fuel cell that will power your entire house, and then some. We look at some the ways in which home-centred power generation is becoming a reality, and think about what it is that's holding this kind of innovative tech back.

There's a host of other inventions in this issue, as well. A new helicopter design? Check. A shower that cleans and cycles the same supply of water? Check. Contact lenses with a heads up display? Check. And that's not even the half of it.

And, of course, there's the usual stuff. Annotated solar car cross-sections. HDTVs. An overdesigned barbecue. Sharks. Angle-shifting ping-pong tables. It's all in there, plus all the stuff we've forgotten we put in there as well.

Australian Popular Science #42. Reinvent yourself. But avoid cyborg implants. Those always goes bad down the line.