News
News
Mystery drone sighting grounds planes at Heathrow Airport
London's Heathrow, the world's second busiest airport, was forced to stop departing flights after a drone was sighted near the airfield. More
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Robotics
Robotics
Hyundai unveils walking concept car Elevate
South Korean carmaker Hyundai has revealed its concept for a vehicle with robotic legs that could save lives as a first responder in natural disaster zones. More
Products
Products
Oxygem smart ring helps people with sickle cell disease monitor blood oxygen levels
A smart ring developed by New York-based designer Hussain Almossawi allows people with sickle cell disease to monitor and detect low oxygen levels in their blood. More
Design
Design
Five designers awarded $500,000 each to develop mobility devices for lower-limb paralysis
The designers of an electric wheelchair share scheme and two exoskeletons are among the five finalists of the Mobility Unlimited Challenge who will be given $500,000 each to develop their prototypes. More
Materials
Materials
Columbia University researchers create 3D-printed "wood" with realistic internal grain
Engineers at Columbia University have 3D-printed a block of "digital wood", using a voxel technique that enables the creation of objects with rich internal textures. More
Technology
Technology
ProxyAddress gives those facing homelessness a fixed address
Hildrey Studio has developed ProxyAddress, a database that could connect homeless people with an address from one of England's 500,000 empty houses so they don't lose access to vital services. More
Products
Products
Huawei's Facing Emotions app uses sound to allow the visually impaired to see emotions
Chinese tech giant Huawei has developed an app that uses artificial intelligence to allow the visually impaired to "see" the emotion on the face of someone they are talking to by translating it into sound. More
Furniture
Furniture
Robot-made tables and vases feature surface textures created using algorithms
Iraqi-born UAE-based designer Layth Mahdi debuts a series of marble vases and tables with contoured surfaces milled by robots and designed using algorithms. More
Technology
Technology
Carlo Ratti develops Livingboard prefab housing system for rural India
Architect Carlo Ratti has worked with Indian non-profit WeRise to develop a system of low-cost housing with a prefabricated core that homeowners can build any structure they like on top of. More
Products
Products
Beer Holthuis designs 3D printer that uses recycled paper
Design Academy Eindhoven graduate Beer Holthuis created the Paper Pulp Printer in an effort to combat the amount of waste plastic being created through 3D-printing. More
Design
Design
Uber reveals redesigned Jump electric share bikes
Uber-owned bike rental company Jump has unveiled the design for its latest electric bicycles, which have a phone dock for easy navigation and a retractable lock to discourage vandalism. More
Design
Design
Eight designs from Middle Eastern graduates at Dubai Design Week
A device that turns street lights into floatation devices and a washing machine designed for long-haul truck drivers are among our pick of the best designs presented by graduates from the Middle East at this year's Global Grad Show in Dubai. More
Products
Products
Swift Creatives' cooking concept makes sous vide meals as easy as microwaving
Design studio Swift Creatives has come up with a smart cooking system called Sous Swift, that uses a sous-vide water bath to prepare restaurant-quality food with minimal effort. More
Products
Products
Bose launches Frames sunglasses that are also headphones
American audio brand Bose's latest product is a pair of sunglasses that let the wearer listen to music, make calls and access augmented-reality experiences. More
Products
Products
Energy-storing concrete bricks could be key to proliferation of renewables
Renewable energy could reliably power the grid at peak times using an eco-friendly and cost-effective storage solution designed by Swiss start-up Energy Vault. More
News
News
Lyft patents notification system for self-driving cars to communicate with pedestrians
Autonomous vehicles could flash messages signalling their next move to nearby humans, using a system patented by US transportation company Lyft. More
Opinion
Opinion
"Post-digital architecture will be rough, provisional and crafted by robots"
In the post-digital age, architects will be designing in code and robots will be constructing our buildings, says Owen Hopkins. More
Products
Products
Rowan Minkley and Robert Nicoll recycle potato peelings into MDF substitute
London-based designers Rowan Minkley and Robert Nicoll use waste potato peelings to create an eco-friendly alternative to single-use materials like MDF and chipboard, called Chip[s] Board. More
Products
Products
3D-printed Hex hearing aids double as earphones to reduce stigma of hearing loss
These 3D-printed hearing aids could help people who are partially deaf to tune out unwanted background noise, but they also function as regular earphones.
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News
News
First geoengineering experiment to dim the sun on track for 2019
Harvard scientists will attempt to replicate the climate-cooling effect of volcanic eruptions with a world-first solar geoengineering experiment set for early 2019. More