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Imogen Heap and the future of the music industry
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Music & Sound Design
Self-produced singer-songwriter Imogen Heap is an unusual digital diva with rare technical savvy and a personal vision for the future of the music industry.
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20 Jan 16
Smart scooters that run on swappable batteries
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Gogoro Smartscooters are the world's first and only scooter that run on batteries that you can exchange when yours is flat.
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20 Jan 16
Wesley van Eeden: Surf city creative
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African Design
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Art & Photography
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Durban-based creative Wesley van Eeden has created his own voice and message through his hip, character-based art.
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19 Jan 16
Dutch children could soon be riding wind turbines
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Product Design
Extreme eco-thrills are within reach of Dutch locals at a wind turbine amusement park where guests will go on rides that incorporate wind turbines.
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19 Jan 16
A video game becomes memoir about a family fighting cancer
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Product Design
“That Dragon, Cancer” is an interactive narrative about Joel Green and his battle with cancer.
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18 Jan 16
Qivivo smart thermostats builds temperature profile for it's users
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Product Design
Paris-based 5.5 designstudio have designed a minimal-looking thermostat that learns about its user's behaviours and optimises home energy usage.
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18 Jan 16
Poo pill designed to combat obesity
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Scientists at a United States hospital are using a freeze-dried pill made of faecal matter to treat obesity.
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15 Jan 16
Capture Mobility turns airflow from passing cars into electricty
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Industrial Design
An alternative wind turbine that generates green energy and removes air pollution on highways.
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15 Jan 16
Flying solar farm generates energy around the clock
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Solar balloons generate energy where clouds cannot interfere with their efficiency.
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12 Jan 16
Space habitation could begin with a village on the moon
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Architecture & Interiors
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Design Thinking
The ESA plans to send huge 3D printers to space to build a village on the moon.
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7 Jan 16
Researchers pursue biologically produced furniture
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Design Activism
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Low-tech, low-energy and pollution-free, Mycoform could usher in a new era of biodegradable architecture.
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5 Jan 16
Hydricity is the solar solution to round-the-clock power generation
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Researchers have designed a concept to solve a major problem facing solar power generation.
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18 Dec 15
World's first underwater hotel to kickstart the "inner space" tourism industry
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Architecture & Interiors
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This 12-room, $20 million hotel will be nestled underwater. It provides a whole new meaning to "sleeping with the fishes".
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15 Dec 15
Scientists create the world’s first painkiller patch
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Taking painkillers orally can be damaging. This transparent patch was made to treat pain at the source.
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11 Dec 15
Immersive holographic rooms are on Amazon’s to-do list
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Interaction Design
Amazon’s future projects could involve holograms for immersive, interactive uses.
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8 Dec 15
The MadiDrop is a cheap and easy water purification tablet
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Product Design
The MadiDrop, made of ceramic infused with copper or silver, is a cheap and simple water purification tablet for use in the global south.
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8 Dec 15
New form of carbon could lead to new technologies
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Creative Economy
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Design Thinking
Researchers have discovered Q-carbon, an inexpensive material that could be used in new tech.
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4 Dec 15
AMIE: The next generation in off-the-grid living
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Architecture & Interiors
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Design Activism
This off-the-grid shelter is 3D-printed and powered by a mobile power source.
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1 Dec 15
Tiger worms run this toilet
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African Design
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Urban & Landscape Design
The Tiger Worm Toilet treats both liquid and solid waste using composting worms that digest the waste.
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30 Nov 15
Electronic plants breakthrough could lead to more innovations
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Creative Economy
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Design Thinking
A Swedish research team have created analog and digital electronic systems inside a living rose.
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24 Nov 15
Tactum: Design 3D creations using light projection directly on the body
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Design Thinking
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
Light projected onto the body becomes a straight-to-print design tool with Tactum.
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20 Nov 15
Artificial neurons able to learn human language
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Design Thinking
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Information Design
ANNABELL, a new cognitive model, is able to learn language organically, without the need for pre-coded responses.
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17 Nov 15
These classrooms are designed to help children with ADHD focus
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Architecture & Interiors
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Design Thinking
Israeli architect Lior Ben-Sheetrit designed an innovative classroom to assist children with ADHD to focus and learn better.
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16 Nov 15
Soft robots are the way of the future
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Design Thinking
A 3-D-printed robotic hand made out of silicone rubber does what its predecessors can’t – handle objects as delicate as an egg.
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13 Nov 15
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