Design
Design
Nike launches Back to the Future-style self-lacing shoes
Sportswear brand Nike has unveiled a pair of self-lacing trainers that automatically adjust to your foot when you put them on (+ movie). More
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Design
Design
Hyperloop in development to connect Bratislava, Vienna and Budapest
The Hyperloop high-speed transportation network has taken a step towards construction in central Europe, with a proposal that would allow passengers to travel between Bratislava, Vienna and Budapest in under 20 minutes. More
Design
Design
"Smart devices introduce a fundamental ambiguity over who is in charge"
Opinion: "smart" technology promises to make our lives easier by learning what we like and giving us more of it, says Reinier de Graaf. But who will really be in control when the machines know everything about us? More
Software and web design
Software and web design
Yuta Takahashi's Tsunami App warns users of potential disasters
Japanese designer Yuta Takahashi has proposed a smartphone app that would provide information and warnings about tsunamis, which could save lives during events like the devastating Tōhoku earthquake five years ago (+ slideshow). More
Architecture
Architecture
Video games will become "new tools" to solve architecture's global challenges
Video games will become an increasingly important tool for designing cities, according to Los Angeles architect and game developer Jose Sanchez (+ movie). More
Design
Design
Techstyle exhibition in Boston explores how technology is changing fashion
A purse that charges a cell phone and an animated dress that displays tweets are among the pieces that will be presented in an upcoming exhibition at Boston's leading art museum. More
Residential
Residential
PBWC Architects uses 3D lidar scan to win permission for Cornwall house
Cornish firm PBWC Architects has utilised 3D laser-scanning technology to create an accurate model of the rocky site and listed surroundings of a house for St Ives, which has just received planning permission (+ slideshow). More
Design
Design
Will.i.am's second wearable tech device is a voice-activated smartwatch
Music producer Will.i.am has returned to the world of wearable technology with another smartwatch: a voice-activated device named Dial that runs on a bespoke operating system called AneedA. More
Architecture
Architecture
AA Design & Make students use a robotic arm to build a woodland barn
Students from London's Architectural Association have completed a robotically fabricated barn in a wood in Dorset, England, using timber harvested from the surrounding trees. More
Architecture
Architecture
Tokyo university students create "drawn-in-place" architecture using a 3D-printing pen
A group of University of Tokyo students overseen by architect Kengo Kuma have developed a 3D-printing pen that can be used to create complex architectural structures out of plastic sticks. More
Design
Design
Car brands are dazzled by technology and neglecting users, say van der Lubbe and van Eijk
Design Indaba 2016: the car industry is so obsessed with new technology that it is forgetting about people, according to Dutch designers Miriam van der Lubbe and Niels van Eijk. More
Design
Design
Polaroid becomes "first household name" to launch home 3D printer range
American electronics company Polaroid has launched a range of 3D printers, aiming to make "3D printing become part of everyone's everyday life". More
Design
Design
Fashion label Threeasfour unveils two 3D-printed dresses for Biomimicry collection
New York fashion house Threeasfour has unveiled a pair of 3D-printed dresses based on biological forms and textures. More
Design
Design
Health study reveals harmful "toxic" effects of 3D printing
A team of scientists has published a study that details the health hazards of 3D printing in enclosed spaces, which it says causes the release of toxic and carcinogenic particles. More
Design
Design
The Met museum's Manus x Machina exhibition to explore technology's impact on fashion
An exhibition opening this May at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art will examine how computer modelling, 3D printing, laser cutting and other "machine-based" fabrication methods are impacting high-end fashion. More
Design
Design
"Badass" e-ink O phone by Alter Ego Architects aims to eliminate the need for apps
Serbian studio Alter Ego Architects has designed a concept for a 3D-printed mobile phone with an interface that only features numbers and symbols, and has no apps to prevent users acting like "mindless zombies" while on their devices (+ slideshow). More
Design
Design
Eagles could be used to take down "hostile drones" in London after Dutch trial
London's Metropolitan Police force is considering using trained eagles to grab drones from the sky following a rise in unmanned aircraft crime (+ movie). More
Furniture
Furniture
Bartlett students use robots to build 3D-printed filigree chairs
A team of students at the Bartlett architecture school have developed a technique for 3D printing complex curved structures, and used it to build a set of intricate chairs. More
Graphics
Graphics
Uber rebrands with location-specific "asshole" logos based on bathroom tiles
Taxi service Uber has launched a new identity designed by the company's CEO, which presents users in different countries with customised colours and patterns, and which has already been compared to an "asshole". More
Design
Design
Dancer becomes a 3D-printed lattice in music video for The Chemical Brothers
Music: a dancer gradually becomes a 3D-printed version of herself in Dom&Nic's music video for UK electronic act The Chemical Brothers' track Wide Open (+ movie). More