Google to start shipping modular smartphone Project Ara
US technology giant Google has demonstrated a current prototype of its modular smartphone Project Ara and announced it will begin shipping developer editions later this year (+ slideshow). More
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Google launches Tilt Brush app for virtual reality sketching
Google's virtual reality painting app, Tilt Brush, could allow architects and designers to walk through their sketches in 3D as they draw them (+ movie). More
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Google Doodle celebrates urban design writer and activist Jane Jacobs
Today's Google Doodle features an illustration of American writer and urban planning activist Jane Jacobs, who successfully campaigned against major infrastructure projects in New York and Toronto. More
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Google has had a negative effect on office design, says Jeremy Myerson
The Google-inspired fad for slides and ping-pong tables has had a damaging impact on the workplace, according to office design expert Jeremy Myerson. More
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BIG and Heatherwick rework Google HQ design for smaller Mountain View site
BIG and Heatherwick Studio have revealed their latest plans for Google's California campus, after being forced to modify their ambitious design to fit a significantly smaller site. More
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AHMM no longer involved in Google's London headquarters
British firm Allford Hall Monaghan Morris has confirmed it will no longer be working on Google's new London headquarters, now that the project has been handed over to BIG and Heatherwick Studio. More
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Google's self-driving vehicle crashes with bus in California
One of Google's self-driving vehicles has collided with a public bus in Mountain View, California, an accident report has revealed. More
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Google granted planning permission for new King's Cross offices
UK studio Mossessian Architecture's 11-storey office building for Google in London's King's Cross has been given permission to start work. More
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Google's artificial intelligence becomes first non-human to qualify as a driver
Google's self-driving car system has been officially recognised as a driver in the US, paving the way for the legalisation of autonomous vehicles. More
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Google aims to turn unloved Wi-Fi routers into design objects with crazy covers
Google is attempting to improve the aesthetics of the home Wi-Fi router with coverings by 24 artists and designers, including a fake-fur sheath and a cover that turns a device into a fruit bowl (+ slideshow). More
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Google granted patent for bendy Google Glass-style device
Google's latest approved patent is for a flexible heads-up display that could be the next version of Google Glass. More
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Google's self-driving cars could use robotic hands and eyes to communicate with pedestrians
Google has patented a system that could see its driverless vehicles use object sensors, flashing exterior signage and robotic hands to help make them safer for pedestrians. More
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Jump Studios completes Google co-working space in former Madrid battery factory
London firm Jump Studios has renovated a 19th-century battery factory in Madrid to create the sixth Google Campus – a co-working space for entrepreneurs and start-up companies. More
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Google rebrands with new sans-serif logo
Google has revealed a simplified new logo, a month after the tech giant announced a company-wide restructure with the launch of umbrella brand Alphabet. More
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Google drafts in Thomas Heatherwick for delayed London HQ project
Thomas Heatherwick has reportedly been brought in to work on Google's new London headquarters after plans by architecture firm Allford Hall Monaghan Morris were deemed too boring. More
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Google weaves smartphone interfaces into clothes for Project Jacquard
Google is experimenting with smart textile design, weaving conductive threads into clothes to create touch-sensitive panels that work like smartphone screens (+ movie). More
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Google's Project Soli turns hand gestures into digital controls using radar
Google has unveiled an interaction sensor that uses radar to translate subtle hand movements into gesture controls for electronic devices, with the potential to transform the way they're designed (+ movie). More
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Google reveals new site for Mountain View headquarters by BIG and Heatherwick
Google has found another way to begin construction on its vast Silicon Valley campus designed by BIG and Heatherwick Studio – despite losing its original land bid to social network LinkedIn. More
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LinkedIn blocks BIG and Heatherwick's proposed Google HQ
The future of Google's new BIG- and Heatherwick-designed California headquarters is in jeopardy – because social network LinkedIn has been given most of the land required to build it. More
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Robots will be used to construct BIG and Heatherwick's Google HQ
Google's new California headquarters by Bjarke Ingels and Thomas Heatherwick is set to be built using robot-crane hybrids. More
