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Mechanical Couture, an exhibition at the Design Musuem Holon examines the relationship between craftmanship and mass production. >

Jon Stam’s Imaginary Museum prototype project explores the ways in which we ascribe meaning to our virtual experiences. >

Women on bicycles, armed with a netbook and medical supplies, are helping to improve the lives of many people in rural Bangladesh. >

Karim Rashid's latest series of abstract digital works combines his interests in art and scientific thinking. >

A whale design out of Cape Town’s FabLab has wooed the crowds and impressed the judges at an international FabLab conference in Amsterdam. >

The new AlessiTab designed by Stefano Giovannoni is the ideal interactive, multimedia device for domestic spaces. >

The Lifeplayer is a new mobile innovation with the potential to dramatically improve the state of education in Africa. >

Custom-shaped solar panels are helping to popularise the use of solar panels because of their flexibility and versatility. >

What do you get when you combine maths, physics, digital art, design, electronics and music? A symphony, of sorts. >

A reinterpretation of the pixel creates a new, modular and tangible lighting system. >

South Africa's 12th unofficial language doesn't use words but hand signals. They're fun, useful and give insights into taxi commuting. >

The Grid, Vodacom’s Social Mobile Network, recently launched South Africa’s first location-based, multi-player online mobile game. >

Africa’s first personal mobile health clinic took first place in the Nokia Africa Calling All Innovators application competition. >

In conjunction with the launch of his latest album, The Secret Song, DJ Spooky has launched a DJ-mixing iPhone app of the same name. >

Conny Freyer, Eva Rucki and Sebastien Noel of Troika electrified with their playful and thoroughly executed interaction designs. >

Design Indaba and Foodcorp present a professional workshop by Nils Noren, vice president of culinary arts at the French Culinary Institute. >

Nadine Botha speaks to Troika whose experiments and installations raise questions about the real function of technology. >

The third-generation One Laptop Per Child has launched providing education and easier access to information to children around the world. >

Founded in 2003, the multi-disciplinary art and design practice have found remarkable outlets for their social interventions. >

Underpinning this edition is the Protofarm 2050 project, which Design Indaba presented at the ICSID World Design Congress in Singapore. >

Design Indaba will be presenting Protofarm 2050 at the ICSID World Design Congress in Singapore from 23 to 25 November. >

Stuart McMillen presents a cartoon visualisation of two of the best-known futurist doctrines. >

Amphibious Architecture is a visual interface that offers a looking glass into the aquatic ecosystem through SMSes. >

Scientists at the University of the West of England are to design the first-ever biological robot using mould. >

Ever sat at work and wondered what your pooch is up to? Put your idle thoughts to rest with SNIF, developed by Readymade in Pretoria. >