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These three designs — Rayn Jacket, DrumPants TAPS and BeamPro — reveal how assistive technology is changing the lives of those living with disabilities. >

A grandfather learns how to use Instagram to send drawings to his grandchildren living abroad. >

South African sculptor and visual artist Wilma Cruise investigates verbal and nonverbal communication in her nonsense-inspired creations. >

Author and illustrator Cyrus Daruwala addresses Mumbai's pain-in-the-neck residents in his new handmade book. >

Over the last twenty years, a Canadian family have assembled a floating home made up of living quarters fortified by greenhouses. >

A conflict-zone doctor in the Gaza strip is 3D printing low-cost medical tools to help improve vital care in the area. >

Meteorology and mixology collide in Bompas and Parr’s latest project, Alcoholic Architecture, a bar with an intoxicating atmosphere. >

Three Chilean engineering students dropped out of college to develop an unstealable bicycle with an integrated locking system. >

A Western Cape-based non-profit organisation empowers impoverished youths through art and music. >

Design student Max Robotham makes carrying a surfboard from place to place a lot easier. >

Wasted is a community laboratory in Amsterdam Noord, where plastic waste is turned into building blocks and rubbish becomes a valuable currency. >

A US engineering company have launched a pilot project in Senegal that turns human waste into water. >

Textile designer and Central Saint Martins alumnus imagines a mission to Mars in her space-inspired textiles. >

The Pavarotti of Nigerian opera is here: she’s a woman singing in Pidgin English. >

Kéré Architecture’s Opera Village in Burkina Faso uses cultural identity and pride as a tool for positive development. It now includes a medical centre. >

The largest producer of aviation biofuels, Fulcrum BioEnergy aims to provide an alternative to petroleum by converting household garbage into jet fuel. >

Wearsafe is a safety device and app designed to instantly alert and connect your friends or family in an emergency. >

South African artist Sue Sylvester creates hand-painted fabrics inspired by a love of her home. >

According to these “space farmers”, the first vegetables ever grown, harvested and eaten in space are quite delicious. >

The Museum of African Design (MOAD) has turned the idea of the "expert curator" on its head with its new exhibition, which is curated by a novice. >

5.5 Design Studio have created the "Vache à Lait" (Milk Cow) in order to reconnect consumers to the idea of milk coming from the udder. >