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3D printed braille maps for navigating interiors

Rutgers University researchers hope their new braille maps will become a new standard feature in all public spaces. >
MIT researchers reveal world's thinnest solar cell

A team at MIT have created an ultra-thin solar cell that could open up new applications for solar power in the long term. >
3D printing human tissue for organ regeneration

Breakthrough in bioprinting technology opens up new possibilities for organ transplants. >
A portrait of Barbara Kruger, popular culture, words and captivating images

Meet visual artist Barbara Kruger. Her combination of image and jarring text has permeated popular culture. >
Friends of Light: Handwoven jackets from New York

Fashion designer and professor Pascale Gatzen founded the weaving cooperative Friends of Light to help bring a little mindfulness back into fashion. >
Pascale Gatzen

Fashion Designer • Textile Designer

Pascale Gatzen is an artist, educator and fashion designer based in New York. She developed an alternative fashion curriculum at Parsons The New School. >
Affordable, easy to set up 360-degree photography

Orangemonkie has created Foldio360, the affordable way to capture 360-degree images. >
The pretty side of activism

Sarah Corbett promotes gentle activism through her arts and crafts initiative, Craftivism. >
3D-printed blocks designed to transform into a range of cameras

Researchers at Columbia University design a modular camera system that rethinks the common camera. >
Hexagonal emergency housing designed to perform on a long-term basis

Hex House is a low-cost house designed by Architects for Society to accommodate people displaced by disaster or conflict. >
Christophe Guberan’s living textiles self-adapt, move, and transform

Global graduate Christophe Guberan creates products that challenge the limits of matter. >
Joel Nsadha: From Kampala to New York

“People inspire me. Everybody has an interesting story to tell.” >
Scientists develop a search-and-rescue robot based on a cockroach

Like a cockroach, this robot can squeeze through small spaces and be used by first-response rescue teams to find people in disaster-stricken areas. >
A high-tech, microwavable notebook

Rocket Innovations gave the traditional notebook a much needed tech upgrade. >
Ethnographic photographs and digital art converge in Folasade Adeoso's work

Digital artist Folasade Adeoso juxtaposes ethnographic photos of the colonial era with drawn lines, gif animations and flashing flowers of present-day Tumblr. >
The Centre for Afrofuturist Studies considers the futurity of black art

Based in Iowa City, the newly founded Centre for Afrofuturist Studies is a two-year artists-in-residency programme that examines blackness, art and technology. >
Adding taste and smell to the digital experience

Sending scents via the internet is a future reality thanks to research from Mixed Reality Lab in London. >
DIY-surgical robot challenges the high cost of healthcare machines

Inexpensive healthcare devices are within reach says Frank Kolkman, the creator of a DIY-surgical robot. >
Sarah Rosado: Cereal artist, constant creator

Amongst other things, New York-based artist Sarah Rosado creates celebrity portraits out of crushed cereal flakes. >
Origami lantern provides off-grid solar power

Solarpuff is an eco-friendly solar lantern made for disaster situations and developing countries. >
This feathered jacket flutters when you face north

This augmented feathered jacket by Birce Ozkan is a smart fashion piece that mimics the innate navigational senses of a bird. >
Wearable determines health status from your sweat

Professors from the University of Berkley, California have developed groundbreaking wearable technology that analyses your sweat for up to date health results. >
Fashion designer tackles European perceptions of African men

Ikiré Jones’ new menswear collection, After Migration frames African immigrants in Italy. >
The evolution of immersive storytelling

Designer Alex McDowell works with cutting-edge experts to move entertainment into a new, more immersive and participatory experience for the viewer. >

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