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Meet Deltu, the moody tripod robot

Next Generation > Design Thinking / Interaction Design

This AI robot mimics the temperamental side in us. >

4 Nov 16
Funky made-to-order sportswear by AnoukxVera

Design News > Design Thinking / Fashion & Jewellery Design

Made-to-order sportswear by AnoukxVera is funky, fun and aims to turn the fashion industry a teeny bit topsy turvy. >

3 Nov 16
Harvard researchers develop world's first 3D-printed heart on a chip

Design Frontiers > Design Thinking / Industrial Design

Could this development mean the beginning of the end of animal product testing? Harvard researchers have developed a tiny heart that is 3D-printed on a chip. >

3 Nov 16
MIT breaks new ground on the road to clean energy

Design News > Design Thinking / Industrial Design

Scientists achieve the highest plasma pressure ever recorded. >

2 Nov 16
New seamless waterproof garments

Next Generation > Design Thinking / Fashion & Jewellery Design

Design Academy Eindhoven graduate Wendy Andreu has developed a series of craft-inspired waterproof garments that are not sewn or cut into patterns. >

1 Nov 16
Fortifying long-distance connections through ambient light

Next Generation > Design Thinking

The Lightbound project is facilitating meaningful human connection with technology. >

1 Nov 16
Photos capable of producing electricity developed by Finnish Researchers

Design Frontiers > Design Thinking

What if that photo on your mantle could help power your kettle? >

31 Oct 16
A revolution in wearable health tracking technology

Design News > Design Thinking / Product Design

The emerging health & fitness tech market poised for even more growth. >

28 Oct 16
Engineered seduction: How slot machines keep users fixated

Opinion > Design Thinking / Product Design

Take a look at the deceptive graphic design & psychology behind gambling machines. >

27 Oct 16
Student thesis initiates award-winning community food project

Next Generation > Design Thinking / Food Design

Blank Plate: The culinary design curriculum helping to navigate life in a ‘food desert’. >

27 Oct 16
Sensing strain in the body with new fibre optics

Design Frontiers > Design Thinking

These refined fibres could one day revolutionise neuroscience and brain treatment. >

26 Oct 16
Do The Green Thing: Not Another Make Up Tutorial

Inside View > Design Activism / Design Thinking

With its promotion of overconsumption, its excessive packaging and dubious ingredients, the beauty industry is pretty bad for the environment. >

25 Oct 16
Mind-controlled robotic arm allows man to feel again

Design News > Design Thinking / Interaction Design

Scientists are working to restore lost sensation with advanced haptic tech. >

25 Oct 16
Decorative discouragement: The dirty tricks in architecture

Design News > Architecture & Interiors / Design Thinking / Urban & Landscape Design

Take a look at a few sly design choices that benefit some & prohibit others. >

24 Oct 16
Hilary Cottam: Fixing social services through design

Video Interviews > Design Activism / Design Thinking

Hilary Cottam, a social entrepreneur and "accidental designer" from the UK, talks about how design and technology can be used to fix serious social problems. >

21 Oct 16
Redesigning the British Welfare State with Hilary Cottam

Talks > Design Activism / Design Thinking

British social entrepreneur Hilary Cottam is working to innovate and update the Welfare State. >

21 Oct 16
Disrupting expensive city housing with Big World Homes

Design Frontiers > Architecture & Interiors / Design Thinking

Affordable, flat-packed homes that rethink the way people live. >

21 Oct 16
Speeding up physiotherapy with soft robotics

Design Frontiers > Design Thinking / Product Design

A Swiss lab develops robotic exoskeleton tech for good. >

21 Oct 16
Design Indaba founder shares a new way of thinking

Festival News > Creative Economy / Design Activism / Design Thinking

Ravi Naidoo sits down with Wanted Magazine and tells why, to differentiate, we must be led by design. >

20 Oct 16
The ‘glow-in-the-dark’, energy-efficient cycle lane

Design Frontiers > Design Thinking / Urban & Landscape Design

This unique solar-powered bicycle path is guiding Poland’s nighttime cyclists. >

20 Oct 16
Student invents ambulance drone for speedy medical assistance

Next Generation > Design Thinking / Product Design

This engineering graduate is using drone tech as a force for good. >

20 Oct 16
3D-bioprinted breast duct could minimise breast-cancer treatment

Design News > Design Thinking / Industrial Design

Modern 3D-printing tech allows scientists to reconsider how they treat cancer. >

19 Oct 16
WaterSeer: Turning air into drinkable water

Design News > Design Activism / Design Thinking

This device claims to accelerate the production of pure drinking water. >

19 Oct 16
The Readi box provides communication in catastrophic situations

Next Generation > Design Thinking / Product Design

Should all else fail, this speaker unit helps you to keep in touch during a disaster. >

18 Oct 16

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