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Integrating VR into fine dining

Design Frontiers > Design Thinking / Food Design

Samsung says its virtual reality headset will enhance the fine dining experience, but do we need to? >

26 Feb 16
A high-tech, microwavable notebook

Design News > Creative Economy / Information Design

Rocket Innovations gave the traditional notebook a much needed tech upgrade. >

16 Feb 16
The Centre for Afrofuturist Studies considers the futurity of black art

Design News > Art & Photography / Film & Animation

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. >

12 Feb 16
Teddy Ruge: Frustrations are an opportunity to innovate

Video Interviews > African Design / Design Activism / Product Design

Kampala-based innovation hub, HiveColab supports forward-thinking, African innovation through an incubator and mentorship programme. >

3 Feb 16 / Brand Collaboration
Human tissue, smart textiles could follow these 4D-printed flowers

Design Frontiers > Design Thinking / Product Design

Researchers take 3D printing to the next level with printed objects that mimic the way plants move in nature. >

2 Feb 16
New men's contraceptive is as easy as the flip of a switch

Design Frontiers > Design Thinking / Product Design

Swiss inventor Clement Bimek created a device that could shake up the birth control industry. >

29 Jan 16
Quit smoking by locking your cigs away in this smart box

Product Spotlight > Product Design

This smart box pairs with an app to form a tech solution to cigarette cravings. >

27 Jan 16
Four tech-savvy African creators launch a solution to high shipping costs

Design News > African Design / Design Thinking

Shypmate cuts the costs of international deliveries and provides income opportunities for travellers. >

25 Jan 16
Pneumatic display designed to modernise braille

Design News > Information Design / Product Design

This full-page, pneumatic, braille-like display could change the way the blind use technology. >

14 Jan 16
TV white spaces bring healthcare to rural Botswana

Design News > Design Activism / Design Thinking

Project Kgolagano uses TV white spaces to bring much needed medical care to remote areas in Africa. >

28 Dec 15
doctHERs provides Pakistani women with healthcare via video-link

Design News > Design Activism / Information Design

The doctHERs initiative is an online platform that connects doctors to patients in need using technology. >

21 Dec 15
Tech solutions for disaster-prone areas

Design News > Design Activism / Design Thinking / Product Design

Pacifico is an organisation that creates tech solutions for areas plagued by natural disasters. >

17 Dec 15
This app for the visually impaired is centred on human kindness

Design News > Design Activism / Design Thinking

Be My Eyes is a platform that allows the visually impaired to connect with a willing volunteer. >

15 Dec 15
Totohealth is a mobile solution to healthcare problems

Design News > African Design / Design Activism

Totohealth uses SMS-technology to help parents take care of themselves and their children. >

14 Dec 15
Matthew Harrison: Responding to complex healthcare issues

Video Interviews > Design Thinking / Information Design / Product Design

Helix is a design studio centred on the development of simple solutions to complex healthcare problems. >

10 Dec 15
LifePrint photos come alive in your hands

Product Spotlight > Art & Photography / Design Thinking

Augmented reality photographs are able to come alive as though the user were holding a GIF in their hands. >

9 Dec 15
Using robotics to spark a new era of problem-solving youths in Nigeria

African Report > Information Design

Project 10 000 Kids teaches robotics and engineering skills to Nigerian school kids. >

9 Dec 15
Osteobotics is the merging of robotics and biodegradable material

Design News > Architecture & Interiors / Design Activism / Design Thinking

Using robotics and biodegradable material, these students have sought to streamline architecture. >

8 Dec 15
Immersive holographic rooms are on Amazon’s to-do list

Design Frontiers > Design Thinking / Interaction Design

Amazon’s future projects could involve holograms for immersive, interactive uses. >

8 Dec 15
New form of carbon could lead to new technologies

Design Frontiers > Creative Economy / Design Thinking

Researchers have discovered Q-carbon, an inexpensive material that could be used in new tech. >

4 Dec 15
Ethical Things: A look at the morality of smart devices

Design News > Design Thinking

What happens when the smart devices we’ve become accustomed to are forced to make moral decisions? >

3 Dec 15
Home system converts kitchen waste into energy

Design News > Design Activism / Design Thinking / Product Design

This HomeBiogas system is targeted at average families looking to turn their waste into energy. >

3 Dec 15
This non-profit uses creative arts to empower the youth of Uganda

African Report > African Design / Design Activism

PHAU is a non-profit organisation geared towards the youth of Uganda using multiple creative platforms to reach out. >

2 Dec 15
Kurv: The smart way to learn to play the guitar

Product Spotlight > Product Design

The Kurv Guitar is a 'stringless' digital instrument that allows anyone to learn and play songs using touch, motion and gestures. >

2 Dec 15

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