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BeSeens: LED imbedded, hand-signalling cycling gloves

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BeSeens use motion detection and LED lighting to make indicating safer for cyclists. >

29 Apr 16
Pockulus: Smartphone free, affordable VR

Design News > Product Design

Based on open-source tech, Pockulus is a DIY way into virtual reality. >

28 Apr 16
Bioo: A plant that is also a charging station

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Charging your electronic devices could be done in the easiest, greenest way possible with the Bioo plant. >

28 Apr 16
Plastic card melts to fix or modify anything

Design News > Product Design

FORMcard is a play dough type of substance that aims to become as ubiquitous as sticky tape or Prestik. >

27 Apr 16
Gloves translate sign language into speech

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Two university students are bridging a communication gap by turning sign language gestures into spoken English. >

26 Apr 16
The Mimi Moto cookstove is cleaner and safer than traditional cookstoves

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Mimi Moto’s cookstove makes clean, safe cooking accessible to everyone. >

26 Apr 16
Advertising billboard doubles as Zika mosquito trap

Design News > Creative Economy / Product Design

Two Brazilian agencies are creating awareness around the Zika virus while alleviating the problem. >

26 Apr 16
Geometric jewellery from Philisa Zibi

Design Frontiers > Fashion & Jewellery Design / Product Design

Design Indaba 2016 Emerging Creative Philisa Zibi creates geometric jewellery for women in a variety of mediums. >

25 Apr 16
A biodegradable alternative to harmful plastic packaging

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AMAM takes top prize at the Lexus Design Award for its zero waste solution to packaging pollution. >

25 Apr 16
Dutch designer creates flexible wood for furniture range

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Designer Carolien Laro contradicts the notion of wood as a rigid material with her springy wooden furniture. >

22 Apr 16
Tiny flexible film designed to combat pancreatic cancer

Design Frontiers > Product Design

MIT’s latest advancement is a tiny, flexible roll of film designed for localised cancer treatment. >

22 Apr 16
Zero-maintenance, low-cost water filtration bucket

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The ProCleanse Water Filtration system is designed for the people who have no access to clean water. >

21 Apr 16
Livia: A high tech solution to menstrual pain

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A US-based company launched a campaign to crowdfund a high tech off-switch for menstrual pain. >

21 Apr 16
MOSSMANIA takes over the interior space

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Italian brand brings furry foliage into their product designs >

20 Apr 16
Material girls: We look at two local textile designers

Design Frontiers > Fashion & Jewellery Design / Product Design

Megan Smith and Luhandra Vorstman live on opposite sides of South Africa but share a similar approach to textile design and production. >

19 Apr 16
Electric fork simulates salty taste in food

Design News > Product Design

Japanese researcher develops a fork that adds a salty taste to sodium-free food. >

15 Apr 16
Artificially intelligent furniture of the future

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Carlo Ratti Associati unveils a digitally transformable sofa that morphs into different forms. >

15 Apr 16
PIXO changes the way we use our tablets

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Oscar Diaz designs a solution for an everyday tech-related problem we didn’t even know we had. >

14 Apr 16
Standing wheelchair developed to improve the reach and mobility of a paraplegic person

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Rehabilitation team designs an adjustable wheelchair to help paraplegic people be more productive in daily activities. >

13 Apr 16
A fossil-fuel-free houseboat from an apocalyptic future

Design Frontiers > Architecture & Interiors / Industrial Design / Product Design

Tshepo Mokholo is an architect-turned-designer and his goal is to bring about inner-city change through better design. >

12 Apr 16
Eco-friendly trap designed to stop spread of virus-carrying mosquitoes

Design News > Product Design

An innovation made from old car tyres helps contain mosquito-related virus outbreaks in Guatemala. >

12 Apr 16
Green Product: From PET bottles to this range of chairs

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The LJ series by Dutch studio De Vorm is a range of chairs and stools that feature a strong, soft felt material that is made of recycled PET bottles. >

11 Apr 16
Artist invites humans to bond with worms

Design News > Product Design

Amy Youngs’ exhibition educates people about the benefits of worm composting at home. >

7 Apr 16
Smart tampons could be the future of home diagnostics

Design News > Design Activism / Product Design

Researchers are creating a tampon testing system that helps women monitor their own health and fertility. >

7 Apr 16

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