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In the name of AI designers
Art. Lebedev Studio has developed their own AI designer which they’ve been passing off as human for over a year.
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Combat Covid-19 with the world’s first smart mask
The mask is able to deliver your voice to the smartphone and translates into eight languages.
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Light into darkness
This week, we optimistically seek enlightenment by focusing on bright ideas and inventive solutions that light the way to a better world.
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CarbFix is a secure and cost-effective solution to protecting the environment
CarbFix captures CO2 from industry, dissolves it in water, and injects it deep underground.
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McDonald’s first solar panel designed restaurant
First ever net zero energy restaurant by McDonald’s opened up at the Walt Disney World Resort in Florida.
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This glow kit allows you to attract the fish species you hope to catch
Created by SafetyNet Technologies the device is described as a light emitting device that is adaptable to many different fish species.
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A Non-ageist App
Mighty Health is tailored to the fitness and nutritional needs of older adults.
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Discover a new perspective of Earth with Spaceship Neptune
This space balloon can hold up to eight passengers and a pilot, for a six-hour trip at an anticipated price of around $125,000 per person.
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Lilium Jet: The new wave of air mobility
What if your uber could fly? And we’re not referring to breaking the road speed limit…
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Personalised sushi based on your DNA biodata
Japanese restaurant, Sushi Singularity uncannily predicts the convergence of wasabi and the world wide web.
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‘The search of the glow’ installation by Ling-li Tseng
Set amidst a Taiwanese forest, “the search of the glow” is an ephemeral, spherical LED installation that illuminates its natural context.
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Sir David Adjaye honours police brutality victim with public memorial
Adjaye unveiled a London public memorial for Cherry Groce, a black woman who was shot by the Metropolitan Police in her own home in 1985.
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Parallaxis: A film on understanding earth’s architecture
Parallaxis asks us to contemplate an intergenerational, interplanetary existence that connects the now, before, and future of this ecosystem.
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The one of a kind NASA designed Fragrance
Experience the mysterious smell of space for yourself.
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Translating a Japanese proverb with vocals and visuals
The film explores the Japanese concept of the space between all things.
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Turning data collected from your heartbeat into messages for your loved ones
Crossing the borders between biology and code to create digital art.
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Water Wonderland
Here are a few ways in which the world’s most fluid minds are responding to issues of water preservation and sustainability.
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A new source of water?
A new sponge-like nanomaterial, designed to be used in existing dehumidifiers, could offer a new source of aqua.
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A floating farm that is designed to reduce wasteful emissions
“Technologies that minimize the ecological footprint and are based on circular principles are aimed for on all levels of the farm."
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The design squadron of the future
Meet the bright young creatives who have surfaced through our three longstanding youth programmes: Emerging Creatives, Global Graduates and antenna.
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The new face of collaboration #BetterTogether
This week, we’re exploring unconventional collaborations and combinations that show how diverse partnerships can present new opportunities.
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This luxury sustainable micro unit utilizes solar and wind energy
“Ecocapsule is your design way to independent living. It can become a pop-up hotel, caravan, mobile office, research station or anything you want it to."
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MIT Media Lab presents Cyborg Botany
“Our goal is to merge and power our electronic functionalities with existing biological functions of living plants.”
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BioBombola: An algae garden made for inside your home
This project explores interaction and collaboration between high-tech cultivation and peoples' everyday lives.
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