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The first bee born in captivity

The Synthetic Apiary proposes an alternative living arrangement for bees. >
Student’s website connects patients with LGBTQ-friendly healthcare providers

Healthcare in the United States (US) is a slippery slope for the LGBTQ community. >
SproutsIO offers controlled (or automated) indoor gardening

A fine-tuned solution for the urbanite without a garden or a green thumb. >
DuoSkin: Tattoo-like devices print tech on skin

Using gold leaf metal, MIT researchers are placing customised, tattoo-like interfaces directly onto the skin of the user. >
Interactive dynamic video is a game changer for Pokémon Go, VR and more

Pokémon Go combines augmented reality and the real world, but this tech could take it a step further. >
Exoskin: The programmable material

Scientists have created a material that is able to bring motion to otherwise motionless products. >
MIT Lab’s 3D-printed responsive fur

MIT researchers explore the numerous ways to use their new hairy textile, Cillia. >
Ingestible origami robot can patch a wound from the inside

Researchers have developed a tiny magnetically controlled robot with dozens of healthcare applications. >
L CARD: A lung cancer “breathalyzer”

The tiny device can detect whether or not a patient has lung cancer. >
Spyce: healthy meals with the speed and ease of fast food

Designed by students, the machine makes a healthy meal as quick and easy as fast food. >
Eliminate wrinkles by applying a ‘second skin’

A new, “second skin” solution to wrinkles could also lead to more medical advancements. >
MIT researchers reveal world's thinnest solar cell

A team at MIT have created an ultra-thin solar cell that could open up new applications for solar power in the long term. >
Inspiring an anti-pollution revolution one brick at a time

MIT students develop a low-cost, eco-friendly brick made out of industrial waste to reduce pollution in India. >
A sensor that monitors vital signs can be taken like a pill

Researchers at MIT have developed an innovative monitor for measuring heart and breathing rates. >
A smart inhaler helps prevent asthma attacks

Gecko Health, an MIT spinout, has designed a smart inhaler that links to an app and helps asthma sufferers monitor their prescriptions and prevent attacks. >
Heart-In-A-Box: The device set to revolutionise transplant surgery

A medical device company has created a box capable of keeping organs alive long after removal from the body. >
Scientists at MIT have mastered the process of 3D printing glass

Glass, a mysterious amorphous solid, is the latest material to be 3D printed by scientists at MIT's Mediated Materials Group lab. >
The unpredictable Frankenphones of Shenzen, China

Unlike the people of Shenzen, China, you probably own a device from one of two smartphone brands and you haven’t even asked yourself why. >
Bamboo engineering

Building with bamboo is not new but researchers at MIT are exploring new ways of creating construction products from the sustainable resource. >
A helping hand

A new smart tool from MIT Media Lab is blurring the lines between handmade and digital technology. But that's not a bad thing. >
Turn your bicycle into a hybrid e-bike

The incredible Copenhagen Wheel, by MIT's SENSEable City Lab, that turns your ordinary bicycle into an electric bike, is now available. >
Matthew Carter

Typographer

Matthew Carter is a type designer with some 50 years' experience, having designed some of the world's most recognised fonts. >
The Curry Stone Awards 2012

Championing design as a force for social change, the Curry Stone Foundation announced their five winners on 15 November 2012. >
MIT SENSEable City Laboratory

Architect • Engineer • Information Designer • Speculative Designer • Technology Designer

Carlo Ratti and Assaf Biderman teach at the MIT, where they are director and associate director (respectively) of the SENSEable City Laboratory. >

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