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MIT researchers reveal world's thinnest solar cell
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1 Mar 16
A team at MIT have created an ultra-thin solar cell that could open up new applications for solar power in the long term.
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Jaun van Wyk: Bringing the art back into architecture
Design Frontiers
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1 Mar 16
Cape Town based architect Jaun van Wyk plans to restore architecture to an art form.
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Miniature art scenes inspired by film
Design Frontiers
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2 Mar 16
This artist forgets about time when she creates her painstakingly detailed dioramas.
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Free community skatepark in Ethiopia
Design Frontiers
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2 Mar 16
A non-profit organisation is building skateparks in rural areas around the globe.
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A garden that stretches across Africa
Design Frontiers
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3 Mar 16
The Great Green Wall of Africa will be the biggest man-made marvel in the world once completed.
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Saphon Energy creates new wind-harnessing technology
Design Frontiers
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3 Mar 16
This Tunisian startup didn’t reinvent the wind turbine; instead, they created a new technology.
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MFA’s #techstyle: Fashion that moves, interacts and adapts
Design Frontiers
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4 Mar 16
The Museum of Fine Arts’ #techstyle exhibition takes a look at where fashion design is headed thanks to its relationship with technology.
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Wearable technology for the visually impaired
Design Frontiers
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4 Mar 16
Wearable technology from Cairo describes oncoming objects to its users
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High-tech repository for the dead
Design Frontiers
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7 Mar 16
Ruri Den is an alternative to burial sites for space-starved cities like Tokyo
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Sideways driving with Goodyear’s latest concept tyre
Design Frontiers
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8 Mar 16
International tyre company Goodyear has revealed the spherical-shaped, smart tyre of the future.
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Perfect man-made waves
Design Frontiers
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8 Mar 16
Kelly Slater's high-performance, man-made wave pool has been met with scepticism in the industry.
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Rope made out of plastic bottles
Design Frontiers
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10 Mar 16
A really handy tool from a runaway Kickstarter campaign.
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Graffiti as a tool for liberation in Kabul
Design Frontiers
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10 Mar 16
Liberation and the fight for women's rights through contemporary art and graffiti in Kabul.
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A new, sustainable way to make plastic
Design Frontiers
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11 Mar 16
Researchers at Stanford have found a way to create sustainable plastic using inedible plant materials.
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Saving a font from extinction
Design Frontiers
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11 Mar 16
Reviving a forgotten font designed by Alvin Lustig, an iconic, contemporary American graphic designer.
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Asmara: Unlikely home to Modernist Architecture
Design Frontiers
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11 Mar 16
Asmara, a city in Eritrea in North East Africa, is an unlikely treasure trove of standing modernist architecture.
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Electronic wastelands raise questions about sustainable design
Design Frontiers
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14 Mar 16
Photo exhibition E-waste Tsunami calls on designers to think up better ways to deal with e-waste.
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Tiny surgical tools inspired by origami
Design Frontiers
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15 Mar 16
Researchers were able to do away with bulky surgical parts and rely instead on the principles of origami.
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Interactive installations turn Toronto's beaches into winter destinations
Design Frontiers
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15 Mar 16
Toronto’s beach goers are encouraged to hit the seaside throughout the year.
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Welcome to Germany is a cellphone app for refugees
Design Frontiers
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16 Mar 16
A smart application provides migrants with much-needed information about life in Germany.
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A tiny, smart patch could replace insulin shots for diabetes sufferers
Design Frontiers
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16 Mar 16
A painless patch could mean that millions of diabetes sufferers no longer have to inject themselves to correct their insulin levels.
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The Dutch e-bike powered by solar energy
Design Frontiers
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17 Mar 16
The Dutch Solar Bike's sleek design is thanks to specially designed solar panels.
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Turning cemeteries into forests
Design Frontiers
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18 Mar 16
The new Bios Urn and tree incubator has created a way to commemorate the dead by planting a tree.
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A faster, cheaper way to filter water using graphene
Design Frontiers
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22 Mar 16
Scientists have created a graphene-based water filter that could be a solution to the water crisis.
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