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Drones for Africa
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29 Jan 21
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African Drone Forum showcased the latest drone technology.
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We’re familiar with unmanned flying drones but were you aware of their aquatic equivalents?
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29 Jan 21
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Top 10 Best Drones 2021
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Johnny Miller's aerial photography using drones
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29 Jan 21
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Miller is the co-founder of africanDrone, an organization that uses drones for good.
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Do robots dream of electric sheep?
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29 Jan 21
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Farmers claim that drones put less stress on the flock than dogs.
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Movies shot with drones
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29 Jan 21
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Drones provide that bird's eye view.
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Public safety with drones
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29 Jan 21
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“Skyfire’s industry-leading engineering staff and healthcare drones help solve complex healthcare facility chain of logistics/chain-of-custody challenges"
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Reuben Wu uses customized drones to create art
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28 Jan 21
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“In my visual work, I am driven not just by the urge to create imagery."
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Drone Art by Katsu
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28 Jan 21
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The new media artist is exploring the intersection of art and technology in ways not done before.
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Discovering a new state of matter
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21 Jan 21
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New frontiers of scientific exploration have generated a new phase of matter - liquid glass.
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Highlighting the need to redesign hospitals for the future
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21 Jan 21
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The pandemic has shed light on the inadequacies of hospital models.
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A new-age Noah's Ark has been conceived
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21 Jan 21
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The Noah’s Ark project will be the most technologically advanced conservation centre ever conceived
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Masked Crusader
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18 Jan 21
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Kim Ha-neul’s sustainable stools are made from discarded masks.
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Waste to Wonderful
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18 Jan 21
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From discards to snacks that solve for food waste.
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Paris’s most famous avenue will be getting a green makeover
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18 Jan 21
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Champs-Élysées will be getting a green makeover to turn it from a paved paradise into a modern-day Eden.
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Your free ticket to Mind-Full mini film festival
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11 Jan 21
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Find out what these illustrious designers are up to and how they’re making the world better with their design ingenuity.
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The new frontiers in health
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16 Dec 20
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This week we look at how design concepts, interventions and enhancements can help “cure” medical issues.
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The children and education design of the future
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23 Nov 20
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Here, we explore new formats for childhood learning that foster design thinking and creativity…
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Algae Window by Olafur Eliasson
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19 Nov 20
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Olafur Eliasson has created an Algae Window consisting of glass spheres arranged according to the structure of diatoms.
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Bjarke Ingels conceptualizes the futuristic Toyota Woven City
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19 Nov 20
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The aim of Toyota Woven City is to transform existing modes of transport and test the notion of Mobility for All.
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UK’s Eden Project has commissioned Dr Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg
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19 Nov 20
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The artwork will consist of a garden which will hold a newly curated palette of plants.
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TheirTube by Tomo Kihara
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19 Nov 20
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The Japanese designer is known for his playful interventions that provides a new perspective to socio-technical problems.
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Jeanne Gang's new award-winning project
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19 Nov 20
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The aptly named Powerhouse is situated on Beloit’s Rock River waterfront and focuses on recreation, fitness and wellness.
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A new fully sustainable human-centric pedestrian bridge to be built across a river in Cape Town
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13 Nov 20
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A project spearheaded and commissioned by Design Indaba in collaboration with Paul Cocksedge.
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The future of green design
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10 Nov 20
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Green. It has physical, spiritual and metaphysical associations.
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From the Archives
Frugal science
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24 Apr 22
Design Indaba alumnus and Stanford bioengineer Manu Prakash rises to the challenge of inequality with his scientific inventions
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Design thinking writ large
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24 Apr 22
Moeko Selebalo’s considered simplifications distil the very essence of what it means to be alive
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Mi casa es su casa
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24 Apr 22
Chilean firm Guillermo Acuña Arquitectos Asociados designs a red house on stilts on the island of Chiloé
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Pavilions on a pedestal
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17 Apr 22
Architectural pavilions can take creativity to the next level – but what makes a pavilion truly great?
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