Residential
Residential
Micro-robots build the world's smallest house
French researchers from the Femto-ST Institute have used micro-robots to assemble the world's smallest house, which stands just 0.015 millimetres high. More
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Fashion
Fashion
Puma and MIT Design Lab envision a future of self-adapting, performance-enhancing sportswear
Insoles that measure athletic performance using bacteria, and trainers that "breathe" are among the latest experimental pieces of sportswear being developed by Puma and MIT Design Lab. More
Technology
Technology
Algorithms could reduce taxi numbers by half, says Carlo Ratti
Cities would need half as many taxis if human drivers were replaced with robots, according to new research coordinated by Carlo Ratti, director of MIT's Senseable City Lab. More
Robotics
Robotics
MIT engineers replace chefs with machines at "world's first" robotic kitchen
Four engineers from MIT have opened a fast-food restaurant in Boston that uses mechanical woks to autonomously prepare meals in under three minutes. More
Video
Video
Drones are "potentially as disruptive as the internet" according to Dezeen's new documentary Elevation
Dezeen today releases a short documentary setting out how drones could revolutionise the way people travel, transform how buildings are designed and built, and radically alter the form cities take. More
News
News
Apple faces lawsuit amid mounting anger over "infuriating" problems with MacBook keyboards
MacBook and MacBook Pro users in California have filed a class-action lawsuit against Apple over alleged flaws in the design of its keyboards, which they claim are easily damaged and liable to fail. More
Technology
Technology
Microsoft launches adaptive Xbox controller for gamers with disabilities
Tech giant Microsoft has revealed a video game controller designed for people with limited mobility. More
News
News
Boston Dynamics to start selling SpotMini robot as soon as 2019
The four-legged Boston Dynamics robot that became an internet star when it featured in a series of viral videos is set to go on sale next year. More
Technology
Technology
Researchers create "fire-alarm wallpaper"
Chinese scientists have developed a wallpaper that can detect fires and set off an alarm if one occurs. More
Video
Video
Designers will soon be able to sell their products via Instagram, says its head of design
Instagram is rolling out a service allowing designers to sell their products direct to their followers, according to the platform's head of design Ian Spalter. More
News
News
Uber reveals "skyport" proposals for flying taxi services
Stout cylindrical towers that cars can fly inside and stacked landing pods are among the proposals that architects and engineers have imagined for Uber's fleet of taxi aircrafts, as plans for UberAir push ahead for 2020 launch. More
Installations
Installations
V&A's The Future Starts Here exhibition explores bright and dark sides of tomorrow
A presentation by Cambridge Analytica, portraits generated from DNA and a Facebook drone sit beside each other in a new design exhibition that opens to the public this weekend at London's V&A. More
Technology
Technology
Giant augmented reality avatar of Bono appears on Es Devlin’s U2 stage set
U2's creative director Willie Williams created a giant avatar version of Bono using augmented reality, which appeared on a stage designed by Es Devlin for the band's latest tour. More
News
News
Ford's Feel the View smart window lets blind passengers enjoy the landscape
Ford has developed a "new haptic visual language" that allows blind people to experience the view through a car window. More
Products
Products
Lauren Lee's Warm Wall is designed to alleviate women's menstrual cramps
Industrial designer Lauren Lee has designed a heated wall for public toilets, which provides women with a communal place to alleviate their menstrual cramps. More
Design
Design
10 designs that predict the future, selected by curators of the V&A's The Future Starts Here
Ahead of new V&A exhibition The Future Starts Here, the curators pick 10 objects in the show that can help us predict what's in store in years to come. More
Infrastructure
Infrastructure
Foster + Partners presents vision for hyperloop cargo network
British architecture studio Foster + Partners has released a video showing its vision for a high-speed freight-carrying hyperloop named DP World Cargospeed. More
News
News
Graphene-reinforced concrete is "more than twice as strong" say scientists
UK scientists have found a way to incorporate wonder-material graphene into concrete, greatly increasing the material's strength and water resistance. More
News
News
MIT develops technology to digitally program water droplets
Researchers from MIT are developing a technology that transforms water droplets into programmable, interactive tools for entertainment and communication. More
Graphics
Graphics
Modernist building blocks feature in Tetris-inspired mobile game
The geometric blocks of 1980s video game Tetris are replaced by Soviet-era apartment buildings in Tower Block Tetris, a mobile game by Lithuanian designer Lukas Valiauga. More