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The Hubble Cantata: A live VR experience of the cosmos
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Interaction Design
The Hubble Cantata taps into Virtual Reality, live performance and high-tech sound engineering to introduce New Yorkers to the cosmos.
15 Jul 16
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Take me to your feeder! Scientists successfully farm edible crops in Martian soil
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Food Design
Scientists at Wageningen University have successfully grown edible cereals and vegetables including peas, radishes, tomatoes and rye in Martian soil.
15 Jul 16
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Ori revolutionises compact city living
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Architecture & Interiors
Compact modular unit designed to simultaneously function as a storage space, bedroom, living room and workspace.
15 Jul 16
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It’s not an organism but it’s certainly alive, says the creator of the cyborg stingray
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Design Activism
In an effort to learn more about the heart and its functions, researchers created a living cyborg using the cells of rat’s heart.
15 Jul 16
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A taste of Dakar with a touch of nostalgia
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
This recent winter campaign was shot by South African photographer Rudi Geyser against the backdrop of Dakar's old train station.
14 Jul 16
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Lava Lab: Innovation at the intersection
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Interaction Design
We talk to the ladies of Lava Lab about the rise of the hybrid designer and the age of Millenial thinking.
14 Jul 16
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Nima senses microscopic amounts of gluten
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Product Design
Nima detects gluten in foods that are labelled as "gluten-free" but may have picked up microscopic amounts of the protein during the cooking process.
14 Jul 16
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Photographer’s new book shows the awkward humanity of fame
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Art & Photography
Known for his quirky photography style, Uneasy is a book of Chris Buck’s portraits of the famous from 1986 to 2016.
14 Jul 16
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Wearable device acts as 24/7 physical therapist to Parkinson’s Disease patients
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Product Design
Xeed is a smart device designed to improve the treatment of patients suffering from Parkinson's Disease by monitoring their tremor patterns.
14 Jul 16
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Would we modify our skyline for the sake of mental wellbeing?
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Design Thinking
Phong Nguyen’s speculative project looks at how far we’d go to treat mental illness.
14 Jul 16
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New controller allows upper-limb amputees to play video games using their feet
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Product Design
GEAR’s creators say it allows amputees to control video game characters with the same precision as able-bodied users.
13 Jul 16
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Basia Dzaman: The future of 3D printing and robotics
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Industrial Design
Global graduate Basia Dzaman harnesses new technologies to explore traditional embroidery patterns.
13 Jul 16
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Dencity competition winners foster new ideas that tackle high density in informal settlements
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Urban & Landscape Design
Social, architectural and technological solutions to improve the living conditions in the world’s urban slums.
13 Jul 16
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Sea of Hull brings together 3000 naked bodies for climate change
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Design Activism
To raise awareness about rising sea levels, over 3000 nude people painted themselves blue and descended on the city of Hull.
13 Jul 16
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Flare, the ambulance Uber in Nairobi
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Design Thinking
Using an integrated ambulance dispatch system, Flare is a next-generation tech product that cuts hours to minutes in medical emergencies in East Africa.
12 Jul 16
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Nimb discreetly sends alerts in emergency situations
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Product Design
If you’re in distress, the Nimb ring sends your location to family and friends.
12 Jul 16
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Trackable lifejacket uses app technology for man-overboard rescue
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Product Design
Anti X1 is a clever redesign of the time old lifejacket, created to improve safety at sea
12 Jul 16
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Project Nourished: A virtual reality experience that tricks your taste buds
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Interaction Design
Experience designer Jinsoo An’s Project Nourished creates virtual worlds where any food dream is possible.
12 Jul 16
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The world’s largest air purifier is touring the smoggy cities of China
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Urban & Landscape Design
Dutch designer Daan Roosegaarde’s Smog Free Tower (which works like a vacuum cleaner for dirty air) is travelling to China.
11 Jul 16
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Buildings made of bones
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Design Thinking
Cambridge researchers explore bone and eggshell as greener building materials of the future.
11 Jul 16
00:08:42
Basia Dzaman on the intersection of robotics and creativity
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Industrial Design
A Polish student from the School of Form in Poznań, Poland has designed a robotic arm that reimagines the lost art of snutki.
11 Jul 16
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Dune covered carpark doubles as flood defence
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Urban & Landscape Design
Named the Best Dutch Building of the Year in 2016, the Katwijk underground parking garage protects against future floods.
11 Jul 16
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Cow's milk plastic provides a natural, eco-friendly alternative
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Product Design
Using an extract from skimmed milk, Tessa Silva-Dawson created a durable alternative to harmful plastics.
11 Jul 16
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Interaction is more important than expensive tech, says experience designer Marcus Lyall
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Music & Sound Design
Marcus Lyall is behind some of the most spectacular shows of our time.
11 Jul 16
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