November 2016 Archive

Bridging the gaps between human & machine

Design Frontiers • 30 Nov 16

The division between tech & biology seems more blurred now than ever before. How will this intensifying trend evolve? >
These mirrored placards give peaceful protesters a means of protection

Design Frontiers • 29 Nov 16

Nikolas Bentel’s reflective protest signs for the Dakota Access Pipeline protesters. >
Me, Myself and You is a board game to help Autistic adults make friends

Design Frontiers • 28 Nov 16

The multiplayer board game designed to facilitate social connections between those on the spectrum. >
Innovative capsule achieves long-term drug delivery

Design Frontiers • 25 Nov 16

This drug capsule offers an alternative to daily doses of medication >
New stick on patch uses sweat to monitor your health

Design Frontiers • 25 Nov 16

The soft, flexible skin patch that can inspect your perspiration while you work out. >
The Ethical Dilemma of Self-Driving Cars

Design Frontiers • Duration: 02:43 • 25 Nov 16

Researchers speculate on the murky decision-making aptitude of AI vehicles. >
Pneumatic dome turns London park into a community haven

Design Frontiers • 18 Nov 16

Madrid-based firm DOSIS creates inflatable, reconfigurable public space. >
‘The Crying Forest’: a striking reminder of the forces ravaging the Amazon

Design Frontiers • 17 Nov 16

Philippe Echaroux’s artistic protest against the destruction of the rainforest. >
This USB stick doubles as an HIV testing kit

Design Frontiers • 17 Nov 16

Scientists based in the UK have developed a USB device that can quickly and accurately determine one's HIV status. >
Turning the tables with the Internet of Things

Design Frontiers • 16 Nov 16

We use technology to experiment, test and customise our experiences. But what if it was the other way around? >
Athi-Patra Ruga debuts new performance piece at Performa 17 Biennale in New York

Design Frontiers • 16 Nov 16

Dismantling the myth of the ‘Rainbow Nation’ through performance art. >
Smart streetlights powered by pedestrian footsteps

Design Frontiers • 15 Nov 16

Clean-tech startup EnGoPlanet harnesses kinetic energy to potentially power cities around the world. >
Photographer Loes Heerink captures the beauty of Vietnam’s street trade

Design Frontiers • 15 Nov 16

‘Vendors From Above’ - a collection of aerial shots of the vivid hawkers of Hanoi. >
The untapped light & utility of plants

Design Frontiers • 14 Nov 16

Turning plants into sources of energy and light. >
What if your teeth could heal themselves?

Design Frontiers • 11 Nov 16

These biosynthetic tooth fillings could mean the end of root canals. >
Sunflare develops the world’s first stick-on solar paneling

Design Frontiers • 10 Nov 16

The new ultra-thin solar wallpaper can be applied to just about anything. >
MIT scientists engineer spinach to detect explosives

Design Frontiers • 10 Nov 16

This research team has found a way to infuse the vegetable with super powers. >
MIT breaks new ground with “soft” aeroplane wing

Design Frontiers • 9 Nov 16

The lightweight structure is a modular, flexible advancement in the field of soft robotics. >
De-Formance by Jessica Smarsch

Design Frontiers • 4 Nov 16

De-Formance is a unique project that investigates the connection between design and movement. >
Harvard researchers develop world's first 3D-printed heart on a chip

Design Frontiers • 3 Nov 16

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. >
Capturing South Korea’s deep-sea diving women

Design Frontiers • 2 Nov 16

See Hyung S. Kim’s breathtaking portraits of the sea women of Jeju. >

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