Articles

South African company Rethaka has designed a recycled bag with a solar light that charges during the day so children can study at night. >

Designer Julian Sing creates miniature sugar sculptures with a 3D printer. >

Installation artist Elisabeth Buecher created this Tim Burton-inspired shower curtain that inflates into spikes to stop you using too much water. >

This new mirror can reflect the health of your heart; another medical innovation that is being developed for diagnosis at home. >

Royal College of Art graduate Barbara Peynot has created The Urban Nomad Home Kit – a coat that turns into a shelter, complete with a window and wallpaper. >

UrbanCampsiteAmsterdam is an art installation by fourteen architects, artists and designers where you can rent a room in a quirky temporary shelter. >

"The Great Leap" by photographer Gabriel Murad captures how China is rapidly increasing its urban sprawl by building on its buildings. >

Digital morphogenesis Neri Oxman has created a 3D printed wearable structure that hosts growing photosynthetic-organisms. >

San Francisco has been testing out "pee-proof" paint that sprays back pee onto an offender's feet and legs to combat the public urination problem. >

Rotterdam’s futuristic wind turbine will be a sustainable energy landmark as well as a unique place to live. >

The D*Dynamic shape-shifting house was built using a mathematical puzzle in order to store energy in summer and provide maximum insulation in winter. >

Tara Rice photographs the nomadic cattle-herding tribe of South Sudan, where land mines are a lethal daily threat. >

Scientists have created hearing aids for the digital age, using wearable technology. >

A lid that changes colour when milk is starting to spoil saves the family member nominated for the “sour milk” smell test. >