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Social media cross-formatting: plagiarism or optimisation?

Hot Topic > Information Design / Interaction Design / Product Design

Facebook, Snapchat, Twitter and Instagram take more ideas from one another than they care to admit. But is it a bad thing? >

12 Aug 16
Tracing the origins of Pokémon Go

Design News > Interaction Design / Product Design

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. >

10 Aug 16
Crowdsourced mapping to highlight crisis zones

Design News > Design Activism / Interaction Design

MapSwipe is a smartphone application used to crowdsource information about previously undiscovered crisis zones. >

28 Jul 16
EyeControl: The first screen-free device for ALS patients

Design Frontiers > Interaction Design / Product Design

Often patients with ALS are "locked in" and unable to speak or use their limbs. With EyeControl, "locked-in" patients can communicate using eye-scrolling tech. >

25 Jul 16
LuxAI and the future of social robots

Design Frontiers > Information Design / Interaction Design

Social robots that can be programmed by everyone could change the educational or health system. >

22 Jul 16
Breathing rooms: How nature can help the healing process

Design News > Design Thinking / Interaction Design

Central Saint Martins graduate Zannah Cooper has designed a therapeutic experience based on the elements that improves the wellbeing of patients in hospitals. >

18 Jul 16
The Hubble Cantata: A live VR experience of the cosmos

Design News > 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
Lava Lab: Innovation at the intersection

Video Interviews > Design Thinking / 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
New controller allows upper-limb amputees to play video games using their feet

Design Frontiers > Interaction Design / 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
Project Nourished: A virtual reality experience that tricks your taste buds

Design Frontiers > Food Design / Interaction Design

Experience designer Jinsoo An’s Project Nourished creates virtual worlds where any food dream is possible. >

12 Jul 16
Interaction is more important than expensive tech, says experience designer Marcus Lyall

Design News > Interaction Design / Music & Sound Design

Marcus Lyall is behind some of the most spectacular shows of our time. >

11 Jul 16
VR technology enables crime scene visits in court

Design News > Interaction Design

A research team is developing sophisticated crime scene re-enactment technology for the criminal justice system. >

23 Jun 16
Designer Ying Gao creates dresses that respond to emotion

Design News > Fashion & Jewellery Design / Interaction Design

The dresses imitate “microbial life” and react to the emotions of viewers. >

21 Jun 16
Exatype: Changing the face of ARV treatments

Design News > African Design / Design Thinking / Interaction Design

The Exatype software offers tailored treatments for HIV/AIDS. >

10 Jun 16
Robots built with nervous systems to feel pain

Design News > Industrial Design / Interaction Design

German researchers develop a bio-based, artificial sensory system to create more intuitive robots. >

10 Jun 16
101Hero: Affordable 3D printing at home

Design News > Design Thinking / Interaction Design / Product Design

The affordable 101Hero 3D printer lets anyone use the sought-after technology at home. >

10 Jun 16
WeCount: Connecting communities and helping the homeless

Design News > Design Activism / Interaction Design

Online peer-to-peer network WeCount is trying to unite communities and end inequality. >

9 Jun 16
From 2D to 3D and back again

Design News > Design Thinking / Interaction Design / Product Design

Jongha Choi’s 2D designs can be plucked straight off the wall. >

6 Jun 16
MIT Lab’s 3D-printed responsive fur

Design News > Interaction Design

MIT researchers explore the numerous ways to use their new hairy textile, Cillia. >

3 Jun 16
BooToo: locally designed educational toys

Product Spotlight > African Design / Interaction Design / Product Design

South African entrepreneur Daniel Jillings, creates aesthetically pleasing children’s toys. >

2 Jun 16
Welcome Shelter: Charlie Redman’s kinetic dining experience

Next Generation > Architecture & Interiors / Interaction Design / Product Design

Architecture student Charlie Redman designed an outdoor structure that functions in any weather. >

1 Jun 16
Ingestible origami robot can patch a wound from the inside

Design Frontiers > Design Thinking / Interaction Design / Product Design

Researchers have developed a tiny magnetically controlled robot with dozens of healthcare applications. >

31 May 16
L CARD: A lung cancer “breathalyzer”

Design Frontiers > Design Thinking / Interaction Design / Product Design

The tiny device can detect whether or not a patient has lung cancer. >

31 May 16
Luzinterruptus illuminates social issues using light and photography

Design News > Art & Photography / Design Activism / Interaction Design

The anonymous collective Luzinterruptus is creating illuminating installations with light. >

30 May 16

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