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Nebia shower head uses 70 per cent less water

Product Spotlight > Product Design

A Kickstarter-funded shower system could reduce water wastage in the drought-stricken US.

24 Aug 15
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Burning Man Festival calls out to urban designers

Design News > Design Thinking

The Black Rock City Ministry of Urban Planning has put a call out to urban designers to reimagine the Burning Man Festival’s temporary city design.

24 Aug 15
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Miniature robots made from waste electronic chips and wires

Design News > Product Design

Singapore and Malaysia-based industrial designer Anthony Oh recycles electric parts into miniature robot sculptures.

24 Aug 15
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Google's Project Sunroof brings solar panels to your doorstep

Design News > Design Activism

Google has unveiled Project Sunroof, a tool to determine how much money you could save with solar panels.

21 Aug 15
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This is not a joke: this man is a cyborg

FilmFestFriday > Design Activism

Born colour-blind, Neil Harbisson invented an antenna that converts colour into sound and had it implanted into his skull. Now he’s officially a cyborg.

21 Aug 15
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Design for disabilities: Rayn Jacket, DrumPants TAPS and BeamPro

Design News > Product Design

These three designs — Rayn Jacket, DrumPants TAPS and BeamPro — reveal how assistive technology is changing the lives of those living with disabilities.

21 Aug 15
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Scientists at MIT have mastered the process of 3D printing glass

Design News > Product Design

Glass, a mysterious amorphous solid, is the latest material to be 3D printed by scientists at MIT's Mediated Materials Group lab.

21 Aug 15
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How tech and social media can connect a family

Design News > Art & Photography

A grandfather learns how to use Instagram to send drawings to his grandchildren living abroad.

21 Aug 15
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Humanity, animality and nonsense in Wilma Cruise's etchings

Design News > Art & Photography

South African sculptor and visual artist Wilma Cruise investigates verbal and nonverbal communication in her nonsense-inspired creations.

21 Aug 15
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Cyrus Daruwala's Painful People satirises Mumbai's most annoying commuters

Design News > Graphic Design & Illustration

Author and illustrator Cyrus Daruwala addresses Mumbai's pain-in-the-neck residents in his new handmade book.

21 Aug 15

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