Artist Olafur Eliasson has developed an augmented reality app that allows children to digitally transplant their faces onto their environment to help give them a voice in discussions about the climate crisis. More about Olafur Eliasson's AR Earth Speakr app lets children voice concerns about the climate
VDF products fair: The AR-Studio app by Jung uses augmented reality to help users visualise its range of products and fittings within an interior space. More about AR-Studio app by Jung
Designer and programmer Cyril Diagne has created an augmented reality tool that can capture images of real-world objects and add them to a computer program in a few seconds. More about AR Copy Paste tool allows users to capture images of physical objects and drop them into a computer
London design studio Special Projects has created a series of paper envelopes that seal away smartphones and minimise screen time for the day, while still allowing access to basic functionality. More about Envelope paper sleeves turn smartphones into analog devices
London design studio Special Projects has developed an app that condenses important information such as contacts and maps onto a daily printout to help people live without their devices. More about Special Projects distills essential smartphone functions into a daily Paper Phone
Kids can identify plants, flowers and wildlife in their area while adding to a global biodiversity database that helps monitor the planet's health, using the augmented-reality app Seek by iNaturalist and the WWF. More about Seek app builds biodiversity database as users identify plant and animal species
Facebook has launched a new branding for its subsidiary companies, courtesy of branding agency Saffron and UK type design studio Dalton Maag, which comprises an all-capital typeface that changes colour depending on the service offered. More about Facebook rebrands to "create visual distinction" between company and social app
London designer Arthur Carabott has worked with composer Anna Meredith to create an augmented reality app that immerses listeners in a piece of music. More about Arthur Carabott designs app that is "like virtual reality for the ears"
Design agency Tangerine worked with British start-up Bluebell to develop a smart monitor, which uses a device attached to the baby's clothing to send alerts to parents through a wearable wristband and app. More about Bluebell reinvents the baby monitor with wearable devices for babies and parents
Visitors to the Mauritshuis museum can use their smartphone to experience Rembrandt van Rijn's The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp in augmented reality, thanks to Dutch design agency CapitolaVR. More about Augmented reality takes museum-goers inside Rembrandt painting
Chinese tech giant Huawei has developed an app that uses artificial intelligence to allow the visually impaired to "see" the emotion on the face of someone they are talking to by translating it into sound. More about Huawei's Facing Emotions app uses sound to allow the visually impaired to see emotions
The geometric blocks of 1980s video game Tetris are replaced by Soviet-era apartment buildings in Tower Block Tetris, a mobile game by Lithuanian designer Lukas Valiauga. More about Modernist building blocks feature in Tetris-inspired mobile game
Children aged six and over can now own cryptocurrency using an app called Pigzbe, which functions as a digital piggy bank. More about Pigzbe app aims to teach children about cryptocurrency
Uber has acquired electric bike-sharing service Jump, in a bid to further expand the modes of transportation available to its users. More about Uber acquires electric bike-sharing service Jump
Toronto designer Adam Pickard has turned paper IKEA manuals into an augmented reality app that shows users life-size instructions on how to build their furniture. More about IKEA assembly made easier through augmented-reality app
An app has launched that allows users to instantly identify artworks and access information about them, by simply scanning them with a smartphone. More about New app Smartify functions as "a Shazam for the art world"
Connected devices brand BleepBleeps and industrial designers MAP have released a smart musical toothbrush to encourage children to brush their teeth. More about BleepBleeps launches smart musical toothbrush that tracks brushing habits
This captioned movie shows the possibilities of Mirage, an augmented-reality app by two former Apple developers that lets users add emojis, drawings, gifs and images to their real-life surroundings. More one-minute movies ›
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Dating app Tinder has replaced its text logo with a slightly fatter gradient version of its well-recognised flame symbol. More about Tinder replaces wordmark with pink and orange flame logo
This camera-style device designed by Royal College of Art graduate Arthur Carabott uses immediate audio and visual feedback to help musicians improve their posture and technique. More about Musician's Mirror uses instant feedback to alert performers to bad posture