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Robotic lifeguard designed for rapid rescue and recovery

Remote-controlled buoy becomes a tool for quick and efficient sea rescue. >
Project Alloy: Intel reveals its “merged” reality headset

The Californian tech company is developing a VR headset with unique versatility. >
A visual journey into Central America’s gang violence

Photojournalist Donna De Cesare documents the impact of a 30-year struggle in Central America. >
Phlur: The new fragrance brand with socially conscious appeal

Eric Korman believes the cologne industry should start taking ethical responsibility. >
The Jolt Sensor: detecting concussions in young athletes

This thumb-sized, wearable sensor is making sport safer. >
TrackR Bravo: Making lost items a thing of the past

Chris Herbert and his team at Phone Halo have designed a compact tracker device that can be used for practically anything. >
Mapping poverty: getting relief to developing areas

These researchers are using mapping technology to find the world’s poorest areas. >
Boombox champions nomadic retail spaces

A startup platform that gives emerging businesses access to a public market. >
Tiny device uses sunlight to disinfect water

Researchers at Stanford University created a tiny device that purifies water in minutes. >
Project Florence: Opening communication with plant life

Helene Steiner works to expand communication with plants. The resulting dialogue is bizarre and intriguing. >
Students create seaweed-based yarn to tackle fashion industry pollution

BioEsters is a bio-based material that presents a sustainable yarn alternative for designers. >
DuoSkin: Tattoo-like devices print tech on skin

Using gold leaf metal, MIT researchers are placing customised, tattoo-like interfaces directly onto the skin of the user. >
Aeon Flux: An animated future from the past

The 1991 brainchild of Peter Chung seems more thought-provoking now than ever before. >
A stitched strategy for Zika prevention

Virtual marketplace Maternova tackles the Zika emergency using stylish apparel. >
Social media cross-formatting: plagiarism or optimisation?

Facebook, Snapchat, Twitter and Instagram take more ideas from one another than they care to admit. But is it a bad thing? >
Interactive dynamic video is a game changer for Pokémon Go, VR and more

Pokémon Go combines augmented reality and the real world, but this tech could take it a step further. >
The Purpose Hotel hopes to change the world while you sleep

The Purpose Hotel is designed to change the lives of everyone involved in the design, by connecting all of the products, furniture and fittings to a cause. >
Tracing the origins of Pokémon Go

Pokémon Go, the product of American software developers Niantic and The Pokémon Company of Japan, is the love child of GPS tech and insect hunting. >
The ethical company turning plastic bottles into functional travel bags

For Hamilton Perkins, one man's trash is literally another's treasure >
LA strikes silver with the Liquid Shard

Los Angeles citizens add shimmer to outdated public park with a massive installation called "Liquid Shard". >
Eco-friendly construction blocks made from plastic waste

ByFusion uses the RePlast system to turn ocean waste into usable construction material. >
Dirt-free herb farming for urban dwellers

The Amphora allows even the busiest people to grow fresh herbs. >
6 ways we could change mobility and transport in the city

From sensory deprivation clouds to government enforced carpooling, here are the ways design can address the challenges of transport. >
A wearable for sleep, focus and meditation

The ELF emmit headband uses extra-low frequency electromagnetic pulses to get your brain to do what you want. >

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