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The enigmatic EmDrive rises through scientific ranks
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Design Thinking
The 2000 brainchild of Roger Shawyer gains research momentum as a viable space engine.
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9 Sep 16
Replantable: The start-up striving to make an urban farmer out of anyone
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Product Design
See the novel solution to maintaining fresh produce without garden space.
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9 Sep 16
Indian scientists create device to collect solar energy more efficiently
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Industrial Design
This new CSIR development may pose a solution to land restraints and solar energy production in India.
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7 Sep 16
Artificial Intelligence and Life in 2030: Stanford’s ongoing study
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Information Design
The University of Stanford assembled thinkers to measure the future ripples of AI – and their first full report has been issued.
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6 Sep 16
Waste Not: Aliza Eliazarov turns trash food into works of art
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Art & Photography
This photographer is highlighting the global food crisis with her images of salvaged food.
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5 Sep 16
HI-SEAS: The NASA-funded Mars simulation project
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Design Thinking
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Urban & Landscape Design
An elaborate Mars habitation research project has just closed one chapter and is preparing to embark on the next one.
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2 Sep 16
Solar Express: The futuristic space transit concept
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Montréal’s Imaginactive has put forth a design idea that would bring remote parts of the cosmos within closer human reach.
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31 Aug 16
Harvard’s squishy autonomous robot
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Design Thinking
With no electronics, this revolutionary 3D printed robot moves with the help of a chemical reaction.
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29 Aug 16
Living Gadgets: What if organisms can become disposable design components?
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Information Design
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Product Design
Studio José de la O contemplates the possibilities of genetically modified life forms made suitable for human convenience and comfort.
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26 Aug 16
Kosovo’s visually arresting road to the Olympics
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Art & Photography
These images capture the Kosovo Olympic team as they prepare to make history.
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24 Aug 16
Catch an autonomous flying drone to work
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Industrial Design
Airbus shares plans to develop autonomous flying vehicles in response to land-based traffic congestion.
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23 Aug 16
Buhle Ngaba’s The Girl Without A Sound
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Art & Photography
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Graphic Design & Illustration
Meet the young actress encouraging little girls to own their voice.
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22 Aug 16
No Man’s Sky: The videogame that conceives galaxies
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Information Design
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Interaction Design
The 2016 offering of Hello Games is pushing the possibilities of open-world gameplay to new stratospheres.
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19 Aug 16
Project Florence: Opening communication with plant life
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Design Thinking
Helene Steiner works to expand communication with plants. The resulting dialogue is bizarre and intriguing.
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18 Aug 16
In the pipeline: The new underwater motorways of Norway
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Design Thinking
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Urban & Landscape Design
These submerged floating tubes may be the first step into trans-Atlantic road connections.
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16 Aug 16
Sustaining the memory of the ‘Black Mamba’
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African Design
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Art & Photography
Cryus Kabiru’s roadster fixation leads to imaginative and nostalgic sculptures.
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16 Aug 16
DuoSkin: Tattoo-like devices print tech on skin
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Design Thinking
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Interaction Design
Using gold leaf metal, MIT researchers are placing customised, tattoo-like interfaces directly onto the skin of the user.
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16 Aug 16
Meet the girls of Malaville
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African Design
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Design Activism
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Product Design
Model and businesswoman Mala Bryan’s debut doll collection is black girl magic.
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12 Aug 16
Interactive dynamic video is a game changer for Pokémon Go, VR and more
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Design Thinking
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Film & Animation
Pokémon Go combines augmented reality and the real world, but this tech could take it a step further.
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11 Aug 16
The clothing designed to sense unseen pollution
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Design Activism
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
In collaboration with UK scientists, artist Kasia Molga created garments that are able to measure the surrounding air quality.
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5 Aug 16
6 ways we could change mobility and transport in the city
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Creative Economy
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Design Thinking
From sensory deprivation clouds to government enforced carpooling, here are the ways design can address the challenges of transport.
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5 Aug 16
Combatting drought with orange peels
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African Design
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Design Thinking
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Product Design
Kiara Nirghin won the Google Science Fair Community Impact Award for her innovative creation of a super absorbent biodegradable polymer made from orange peels.
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29 Jul 16
Changing fonts with our faces
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Design Thinking
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Graphic Design & Illustration
What if our fonts could reflect exactly what we feel?
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29 Jul 16
Osmosis power: Mini generator creates energy from salt water
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Design Thinking
Nanoscientist Aleksandra Radenovic, explores the wonder of osmosis (also known as blue energy) power generation.
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28 Jul 16
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