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The Torturous History of the Treadmill

One of the world’s most common exercise machines has quite a draconian past. >
Overview: A New Perspective of Earth

Benjamin Grant’s photographic tome shows the world from a thought-provoking angle. >
Bridging the gaps between human & machine

The division between tech & biology seems more blurred now than ever before. How will this intensifying trend evolve? >
The Ethical Dilemma of Self-Driving Cars

Researchers speculate on the murky decision-making aptitude of AI vehicles. >
Photographer Jean-Claude Moschetti documents the magic of West Africa

Parallel Worlds is French photographer Jean-Claude Moschetti's artistic portal into another dimension. >
Fighting coastal erosion with the TetraPOT

With ocean levels on the rise, how do we protect our seaside towns? >
Plastic Bottle Village

Take a look at the life of Robert Bezeau, the "plastic bottle architect". >
Chivas Regal

Chivas Regal is a proud supplier of Design Indaba. >
Empower, Connect and Sustain: This year’s top Global Grad Show projects

Conceptually simple, technically complex, physical and virtual design. >
A New Kind of Beauty

A look at the hunt for aesthetic perfection through Phillip Toledano’s candid lens. >
Engineered seduction: How slot machines keep users fixated

Take a look at the deceptive graphic design & psychology behind gambling machines. >
Decorative discouragement: The dirty tricks in architecture

Take a look at a few sly design choices that benefit some & prohibit others. >
The chair that was designed by AI

It turns out that some of AI's best solutions are inspired by nature. >
Three cities that tackle modern civic problems successfully

Take a look at how city planners have found ways to manage 21st-century urban obstacles in these three cities. >
Mars colonisation: Three fundamental questions

Efforts are mounting to get us on the red planet - why, how and who? >
Gaia telescopes chart largest map of the Universe ever

The observation mission of ESA has returned its first crop of cosmic images – and it’s huge. >
Gene-editing of mosquitoes could annihilate lethal viruses

Scientists could put disease-spreading mosquitoes in their crosshairs, but would the outcome be positive? >
The Linx helmet: Safer, earphone-less music for cyclists

The flagship product of Coros lets you listen to music without covering your ears. >
The enigmatic EmDrive rises through scientific ranks

The 2000 brainchild of Roger Shawyer gains research momentum as a viable space engine. >
Crowdsourced mapping to highlight crisis zones

MapSwipe is a smartphone application used to crowdsource information about previously undiscovered crisis zones. >
EyeControl: The first screen-free device for ALS patients

Often patients with ALS are "locked in" and unable to speak or use their limbs. With EyeControl, "locked-in" patients can communicate using eye-scrolling tech. >
Floating greenhouse is both sustainable and educational

Serbian design firm Salt & Water have conceptualised a floating community hub that teaches green living. >
The Plasmorph: A living diary

Relying on memory alone can be daunting. Conceptual designer Ann-Kristin Abel envisions a living organism that provides customised information, >
Panama’s waste is now a village of plastic bottles

Isla Colón in Bocas Del Toro, Panama will be home to an entire village constructed out of recycled plastic bottles. >

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