2016 Archive

Worm farm becomes world leader in trash economics

Design Frontiers • 9 Feb 16

A vermiculture project has catapulted Tom Szask into the leader of eco-capitalism. >
DIY-surgical robot challenges the high cost of healthcare machines

Design Frontiers • 12 Feb 16

Inexpensive healthcare devices are within reach says Frank Kolkman, the creator of a DIY-surgical robot. >
Adding taste and smell to the digital experience

Design Frontiers • 12 Feb 16

Sending scents via the internet is a future reality thanks to research from Mixed Reality Lab in London. >
Ugandan motor company unveils Africa's first solar bus

Design Frontiers • 18 Feb 16

Uganda-based Kiira Motors revealed the first solar-powered bus in Africa – the Kayoola prototype bus. >
New material detects explosives at airports

Design Frontiers • 23 Feb 16

Scientists have created a material that lights up in the presence of explosives. >
The pretty side of activism

Design Frontiers • 24 Feb 16

Sarah Corbett promotes gentle activism through her arts and crafts initiative, Craftivism. >
Integrating VR into fine dining

Design Frontiers • 26 Feb 16

Samsung says its virtual reality headset will enhance the fine dining experience, but do we need to? >
Tech groups rally in support of migrants

Design Frontiers • 29 Feb 16

Techfugees is a global movement pooling together their resources and skill to aid refugees. >
MIT researchers reveal world's thinnest solar cell

Design Frontiers • 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. >
Jaun van Wyk: Bringing the art back into architecture

Design Frontiers • 1 Mar 16

Cape Town based architect Jaun van Wyk plans to restore architecture to an art form. >
Miniature art scenes inspired by film

Design Frontiers • 2 Mar 16

This artist forgets about time when she creates her painstakingly detailed dioramas. >
Free community skatepark in Ethiopia

Design Frontiers • 2 Mar 16

A non-profit organisation is building skateparks in rural areas around the globe. >
A garden that stretches across Africa

Design Frontiers • 3 Mar 16

The Great Green Wall of Africa will be the biggest man-made marvel in the world once completed. >
Saphon Energy creates new wind-harnessing technology

Design Frontiers • 3 Mar 16

This Tunisian startup didn’t reinvent the wind turbine; instead, they created a new technology. >
MFA’s #techstyle: Fashion that moves, interacts and adapts

Design Frontiers • 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. >
Wearable technology for the visually impaired

Design Frontiers • 4 Mar 16

Wearable technology from Cairo describes oncoming objects to its users >
High-tech repository for the dead

Design Frontiers • 7 Mar 16

Ruri Den is an alternative to burial sites for space-starved cities like Tokyo >
Sideways driving with Goodyear’s latest concept tyre

Design Frontiers • 8 Mar 16

International tyre company Goodyear has revealed the spherical-shaped, smart tyre of the future. >
Perfect man-made waves

Design Frontiers • 8 Mar 16

Kelly Slater's high-performance, man-made wave pool has been met with scepticism in the industry. >
Rope made out of plastic bottles

Design Frontiers • 10 Mar 16

A really handy tool from a runaway Kickstarter campaign. >
Graffiti as a tool for liberation in Kabul

Design Frontiers • 10 Mar 16

Liberation and the fight for women's rights through contemporary art and graffiti in Kabul. >
A new, sustainable way to make plastic

Design Frontiers • 11 Mar 16

Researchers at Stanford have found a way to create sustainable plastic using inedible plant materials. >
Saving a font from extinction

Design Frontiers • 11 Mar 16

Reviving a forgotten font designed by Alvin Lustig, an iconic, contemporary American graphic designer. >
Asmara: Unlikely home to Modernist Architecture

Design Frontiers • 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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