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WellBe: An anti-stress bracelet for personalised well-being

Design News > Product Design

The WellBe bracelet monitors your heart rate and uses a patent-pending algorithm to determine your stress and calmness level. >

19 Jul 16
Researchers are a step closer to an invisibility cloak for objects

Design Frontiers > Product Design

“Cloak” device makes objects seem invisible by making curved surfaces seem flat. >

19 Jul 16
Social housing in Colombia made from plastic waste

Design News > Architecture & Interiors / Product Design

Conceptos Plásticos is building homes for low-income families using recycled plastic bricks. >

19 Jul 16
Project MARCH gives paraplegics the chance to stand and walk

Design News > Design Thinking / Product Design

MARCH uses smart exoskeleton technology to enable paraplegics to stand up, walk and speak to people eye-to-eye. >

18 Jul 16
Doodle with electricity

Design News > Product Design

This pen allows you to draw circuits onto paper that conduct electricity immediately. Watch as it lights up this paper town. >

15 Jul 16
Nima senses microscopic amounts of gluten

Design News > Product Design

Nima detects gluten in foods that are labelled as "gluten-free" but may have picked up microscopic amounts of the protein during the cooking process. >

14 Jul 16
Wearable device acts as 24/7 physical therapist to Parkinson’s Disease patients

Design News > Product Design

Xeed is a smart device designed to improve the treatment of patients suffering from Parkinson's Disease by monitoring their tremor patterns. >

14 Jul 16
New controller allows upper-limb amputees to play video games using their feet

Design Frontiers > Interaction Design / Product Design

GEAR’s creators say it allows amputees to control video game characters with the same precision as able-bodied users. >

13 Jul 16
Nimb discreetly sends alerts in emergency situations

Design News > Design Thinking / Product Design

If you’re in distress, the Nimb ring sends your location to family and friends. >

12 Jul 16
Trackable lifejacket uses app technology for man-overboard rescue

Design News > Product Design

Anti X1 is a clever redesign of the time old lifejacket, created to improve safety at sea >

12 Jul 16
Cow's milk plastic provides a natural, eco-friendly alternative

Design News > Creative Economy / Design Thinking / Product Design

Using an extract from skimmed milk, Tessa Silva-Dawson created a durable alternative to harmful plastics. >

11 Jul 16
Cozmo, the unpredictable robotic companion

Design News > Design Thinking / Product Design

Tech innovation company Anki have designed a tiny robotic companion like no other. >

8 Jul 16
Design graduate shares her artful take on wood joinery using plastic bottles

Design News > Product Design

Royal College of Art student Micaella Pedros unveils a resourceful technique of making furniture >

8 Jul 16
Home-grown sanitary pads help treat infections

Design News > Creative Economy / Design Thinking / Product Design

Growing healthy bacteria in agar jelly, the pads are placed in front of the vagina to balance pH-levels. >

7 Jul 16
Addressing packaging waste one pizza box at a time

Design News > Product Design

GreenBox is a reconfigurable pizza box designed for multiple use >

7 Jul 16
Bio-bean: Imagine cities powered by coffee waste

Design News > Design Thinking / Food Design / Product Design

Bio-bean is an award-winning clean technology company that recycles waste coffee grounds into advanced biofuels that could replace fossil fuels in cities. >

4 Jul 16
American inventor uses 200-year-old technology to create a cutting-edge engine

Design News > Product Design

By coupling one of NASA’s Stirling engines with electric hybrid technology, Josh MacDowell manages to drive a 100 kilometres on less than three litres of petrol >

4 Jul 16
Furniture design spun from solid yarn

Product Spotlight > Product Design

Bobbin is a range of furniture recognised for its innovative and award-winning textile technique. >

4 Jul 16
Sustainable plastic products made out of air pollution

Design News > Product Design

AirCarbon is a plastic polymer made out of methane emissions that would otherwise be polluting the air. >

1 Jul 16
Si-Low: A low-cost grain storage unit for Africa

Next Generation > African Design / Product Design

Anthony Brown has developed the Si-Low, a low-cost grain storage unit to help prevent farmers in Africa from loosing their grain after they harvest. >

1 Jul 16
Biometric wearable designed to lower stress levels

Design News > Product Design

ZENTA is a health-tracker-cum-life-coach that focusses on the wearer’s overall mind and body wellbeing. >

1 Jul 16
Alby Apparel promises liquid-repellent breathable clothes

Product Spotlight > Fashion & Jewellery Design / Product Design

Using patented Fillium technology, wearing these Alby Apparel clothes promises to dramatically reduce your washing load. >

29 Jun 16
A new human-centred packaging system for ARV medication in Africa

Next Generation > African Design / Industrial Design / Product Design

A new system for the packaging of AIDS-related virus medication in Sub-Saharan Africa thinks more holistically about the user's needs. >

29 Jun 16
Upcycled textiles add character to resin stools

Design News > Product Design

Designer Ammar Kalo discovers an unconventional use for discarded scraps of fabric. >

29 Jun 16

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