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Turning famine into feasts: Insects as the livestock of tomorrow
Design Frontiers
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3 Oct 16
Consider Nordic Food Labs - the science kitchen that makes bugs a more tasty prospect.
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Future of food: Diary of a cell farmer
Design Frontiers
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4 Oct 16
Imagine beef without cows and eggs without chickens. Cellular agriculture can serve up food with no animals.
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Ugly produce for a better world
Design Frontiers
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5 Oct 16
That wonky-looking vegetable in your pantry could be the key to solving world-hunger.
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Humans and algae: An interdependence
Design Frontiers
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11 Oct 16
A future where fresh air is inside not outside.
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How to make roads work for you
Design Frontiers
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11 Oct 16
Solar Roadways, a US-based startup, imagines a world that is navigated by efficient, power-generating roads.
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Pauline van Dongen’s latest invention is a shirt designed to correct your posture
Design Frontiers
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14 Oct 16
Eliminate slouching with this smart addition to your wardrobe.
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The drone you can eat
Design Frontiers
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17 Oct 16
Edible and unmanned, this drone could be a game-changer for aid delivery.
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Hyperloop concept could be the railway transport of tomorrow
Design Frontiers
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17 Oct 16
Take a look at SpaceX’s evolution of maglev trains.
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Heart-monitoring smart watch empowers wearers to live longer lives
Design Frontiers
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17 Oct 16
The iBeat is a life-saving wearable for every age.
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Open source wheelchair for developing countries
Design Frontiers
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19 Oct 16
The SafariSeat by Kenya-based design team Uji is an open-source wheelchair specially tailored to the needs of people living in rural communities.
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The ‘glow-in-the-dark’, energy-efficient cycle lane
Design Frontiers
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20 Oct 16
This unique solar-powered bicycle path is guiding Poland’s nighttime cyclists.
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Disrupting expensive city housing with Big World Homes
Design Frontiers
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21 Oct 16
Affordable, flat-packed homes that rethink the way people live.
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Speeding up physiotherapy with soft robotics
Design Frontiers
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21 Oct 16
A Swiss lab develops robotic exoskeleton tech for good.
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The ‘dirty’ way Toyota is creating cleaner fuel
Design Frontiers
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24 Oct 16
Would you drive a car powered by poo?
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Student designed device to investigate the Arctic’s underwater environment
Design Frontiers
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25 Oct 16
The DeepFreezeROV promises to expand our understanding of a world we can’t see.
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Sensing strain in the body with new fibre optics
Design Frontiers
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26 Oct 16
These refined fibres could one day revolutionise neuroscience and brain treatment.
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The Shit Museum sells you crap
Design Frontiers
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26 Oct 16
Not all shit is waste: Merdacotta is a material made of cow manure and clay that pushes you to see the potential of poo.
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Photos capable of producing electricity developed by Finnish Researchers
Design Frontiers
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31 Oct 16
What if that photo on your mantle could help power your kettle?
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VR world creates empathy through action
Design Frontiers
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31 Oct 16
Immersive yourself in our dying planet to foster tangible change.
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