2016 Archive

Catch an autonomous flying drone to work

Design Frontiers • 23 Aug 16

Airbus shares plans to develop autonomous flying vehicles in response to land-based traffic congestion. >
Kosovo’s visually arresting road to the Olympics

Design Frontiers • 24 Aug 16

These images capture the Kosovo Olympic team as they prepare to make history. >
Living Gadgets: What if organisms can become disposable design components?

Design Frontiers • 26 Aug 16

Studio José de la O contemplates the possibilities of genetically modified life forms made suitable for human convenience and comfort. >
Harvard’s squishy autonomous robot

Design Frontiers • 29 Aug 16

With no electronics, this revolutionary 3D printed robot moves with the help of a chemical reaction. >
Solar Express: The futuristic space transit concept

Design Frontiers • 31 Aug 16

Montréal’s Imaginactive has put forth a design idea that would bring remote parts of the cosmos within closer human reach. >
HI-SEAS: The NASA-funded Mars simulation project

Design Frontiers • 2 Sep 16

An elaborate Mars habitation research project has just closed one chapter and is preparing to embark on the next one. >
Waste Not: Aliza Eliazarov turns trash food into works of art

Design Frontiers • 5 Sep 16

This photographer is highlighting the global food crisis with her images of salvaged food. >
Artificial Intelligence and Life in 2030: Stanford’s ongoing study

Design Frontiers • 6 Sep 16

The University of Stanford assembled thinkers to measure the future ripples of AI – and their first full report has been issued. >
Indian scientists create device to collect solar energy more efficiently

Design Frontiers • 7 Sep 16

This new CSIR development may pose a solution to land restraints and solar energy production in India. >
Replantable: The start-up striving to make an urban farmer out of anyone

Design Frontiers • 9 Sep 16

See the novel solution to maintaining fresh produce without garden space. >
The enigmatic EmDrive rises through scientific ranks

Design Frontiers • 9 Sep 16

The 2000 brainchild of Roger Shawyer gains research momentum as a viable space engine. >
Gene-editing of mosquitoes could annihilate lethal viruses

Design Frontiers • 14 Sep 16

Scientists could put disease-spreading mosquitoes in their crosshairs, but would the outcome be positive? >
Cooling technology poised for revolution

Design Frontiers • 16 Sep 16

This North Carolina startup aims to overhaul temperature control with solid-state chips. >
SuperMeat: The cultured chicken meat of the future

Design Frontiers • 16 Sep 16

This startup envisions a world where we can enjoy real meat without the guilty conscience. >
Woke & Broke: A collection for the socially conscious

Design Frontiers • 16 Sep 16

South Africa has recently seen the rise of student activism in its university spaces. But even the “woke” need to recharge. >
High school student builds app to help kids make friends

Design Frontiers • 19 Sep 16

Introducing an app to help navigate the unnerving world of high school lunch breaks. >
Wool shoes to save the environment

Design Frontiers • 19 Sep 16

Introducing Allbirds: the comfortable, eco-friendly sneaker. >
Gaia telescopes chart largest map of the Universe ever

Design Frontiers • 22 Sep 16

The observation mission of ESA has returned its first crop of cosmic images – and it’s huge. >
Cáustico: Speculating the future of water access

Design Frontiers • Duration: 4:00 • 28 Sep 16

What happens to society if drinking water becomes our most lucrative resource? >
Snapchat enters the wearable tech market with ‘Spectacles’

Design Frontiers • 28 Sep 16

Can the social media app succeed where giants like Google Glass have failed? >
Mars colonisation: Three fundamental questions

Design Frontiers • 30 Sep 16

Efforts are mounting to get us on the red planet - why, how and who? >
Turning famine into feasts: Insects as the livestock of tomorrow

Design Frontiers • 3 Oct 16

Consider Nordic Food Labs - the science kitchen that makes bugs a more tasty prospect. >
Future of food: Diary of a cell farmer

Design Frontiers • 4 Oct 16

Imagine beef without cows and eggs without chickens. Cellular agriculture can serve up food with no animals. >
Ugly produce for a better world

Design Frontiers • 5 Oct 16

That wonky-looking vegetable in your pantry could be the key to solving world-hunger. >

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