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Get Good Done: an app that turns its users into philanthropists

An American design student has developed an app that encourages users to do one good deed a day. >
An ocean cleanup project, innovative healthcare and vertically-grown vegetables: five designs that could revolutionise life

Celebrate designs that address serious modern challenges, this year's INDEX Awards winners include clean energy batteries and a language learning app. >
The late Larry Harvey on the creation of Burning Man Festival

It's Burning Man this week. The festival's 2018 iteration takes place between 25 August and 3 September. We look back at the founder's Design Indaba Talk. >
Trailer: Larry Harvey on how Burning Man festival created art with a social purpose

Burning Man’s founder Larry Harvey describes how the festival of arts is driven by a strange combination of jeopardy and awe. >
Infiniti's incredible From Pencil to Metal 360° video

Sit in the driver's seat as the QX30 concept car is created around you. >
Eco-friendly glass paint to keep metal roofs cool

Scientists have developed a glass paint that will keep metal cool in the harshest of summer days. >
Nebia shower head uses 70 per cent less water

A Kickstarter-funded shower system could reduce water wastage in the drought-stricken US. >
Burning Man Festival calls out to urban designers

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. >
Google's Project Sunroof brings solar panels to your doorstep

Google has unveiled Project Sunroof, a tool to determine how much money you could save with solar panels. >
This is not a joke: this man is a cyborg

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. >
Design for disabilities: Rayn Jacket, DrumPants TAPS and BeamPro

These three designs — Rayn Jacket, DrumPants TAPS and BeamPro — reveal how assistive technology is changing the lives of those living with disabilities. >
Scientists at MIT have mastered the process of 3D printing glass

Glass, a mysterious amorphous solid, is the latest material to be 3D printed by scientists at MIT's Mediated Materials Group lab. >
How tech and social media can connect a family

A grandfather learns how to use Instagram to send drawings to his grandchildren living abroad. >
The Beat Making Lab gives Africa's youth a global microphone

A hip-hop music class that started at a US university is changing the lives of Africa's up-coming musicians. >
Karim Rashid on cross-pollination in design

"Don't specialise." Here's why multi-award-winning designer Karim Rashid doesn’t just stick to one design discipline. >
Flo, the solution to the menstruation taboo in rural communities

A team of students have designed an efficient, eco-friendly way for impoverished adolescent girls to manage menstruation. >
Monica Garza paints women in all their curvaceous glory

Monica Garza uses sparkles, glitter pens and motorcycles to explore and celebrate the fuller female form. >
Marrying African aesthetics with artistic influences from across the globe

Ikiré Jones debuts first full collection with a short film detailing the Nigerian heritages of the founders, designers and tailors. >
YOLK’s Solar Paper is a fold-up solar charger

The world’s lightest and thinnest solar charging device measures 1.1 centimetres deep and weighs only 120 grams. >
Biofuels company Fulcrum powers aircrafts with household garbage

The largest producer of aviation biofuels, Fulcrum BioEnergy aims to provide an alternative to petroleum by converting household garbage into jet fuel. >
Chronicle releases scientific guide to Marijuana

Marijuana is no longer associated with stoners, proves Chronicle with the release of “Green: A Field Guide to Marijuana”. >
New wearable panic button

Wearsafe is a safety device and app designed to instantly alert and connect your friends or family in an emergency. >
Origami-inspired shelter a turning point for military, disaster relief efforts

A team at the University of Notre Dame have designed an energy-saving military shelter based on the ancient art of origami. >
Knocki turns any surface into an all-purpose remote control

A new smart device allows you to perform everyday functions with a simple knock on a wall, table or door. >

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