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Constructive Interference in the mind

This sculpture demonstrates the ease with which our minds are mystified by optical illusions. >
A safe, drug-free way to train your body to fight stress

Will we be able to control our bodies stress responses with the help of technology? >
The magical figures of the Haas Brothers

These LA-based artists blur the lines between nature and psychedelia. >
Watch FKA twigs’ hypnotic documentary, ‘Baltimore Dance Project’

"When things are difficult, art always flourishes." >
Battling climate change with holistic solutions

Farmers in Guatemala are adapting to climate change using climate-smart strategies. >
3D-printed maps are a tactile solution for visually impaired students

A team of researchers, teachers and students are helping the blind feel their way around. >
3D printed cat tongue inspires Georgia Tech scientists

The remarkably capable felines have another lesson in efficiency for their humans. >
Design your own drone

A new MIT system allows users to customise their drones based on specific needs. >
Joe Gebbia

Entrepreneur

Co-founder and CPO of Airbnb, designer Joe Gebbia changed the way people travel and interact with strangers with his peer-to-peer home-rental startup. >
WonderSphere: The bedside field trip

This hands-on product lets hospitalised kids get their hands dirty. >
A Microsoft app to help the colour blind better see their world

‘Colour Binoculars’ makes life simpler for those with the condition to distinguish between colours. >
Can plants talk to each other?

Richard Karban explains the subtle ways that plants talk and even defend each other. >
Poo power

Why waste shouldn't go to waste >
Smart street furniture for a safer city

Combatting air and noise pollution with Simply Grid. >
Artist interprets movement disorder into striking, intricate headpieces

Tiago Valente’s ‘Dystonia’ converts pain into beauty. >
Hurricane Season by Hannah Modigh

The award-winning photographer captures the tension of living between disasters. >
These mirrored placards give peaceful protesters a means of protection

Nikolas Bentel’s reflective protest signs for the Dakota Access Pipeline protesters. >
Insecurities: Tracing Displacement and Shelter

New MOMA exhibition investigates the design & infrastructure of modern refugee camps. >
Photographer captures the vulnerability in nature as it intersects with science

Ornithological Photographs explores our need to know, name and quantify diversity. >
Me, Myself and You is a board game to help Autistic adults make friends

The multiplayer board game designed to facilitate social connections between those on the spectrum. >
Innovative capsule achieves long-term drug delivery

This drug capsule offers an alternative to daily doses of medication >
New stick on patch uses sweat to monitor your health

The soft, flexible skin patch that can inspect your perspiration while you work out. >
The EMPWR coat rolls out into a sleeping bag to keep homeless people warm

Water resistant, the jacket can also be converted into and worn as an over-the-shoulder bag. >
The goofy vertical vehicle

Getting from A to B in a vertical, electrical transportation system that you built yourself. >

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