This connected plant pot designed by Royal College of Art graduate Jen-Hsien Chiu feeds or starves a plant depending on its user's behaviour. More about Phabit device rewards your daily exercise by keeping a plant alive
The Architecture Foundation has launched a free app that maps the location of over 1,100 historic and contemporary buildings in London, and provides a brief overview of their architectural significance. More about Architecture Foundation launches free app guide to London's best buildings
Two of the most influential brands on the planet, Apple and IKEA have revealed that they are working together on a new AR-based shopping app that is slated to launch in autumn 2017. More about IKEA teams with Apple to create a "game-changing" AR-based shopping app
US furniture brand Herman Miller has teamed up with designer Yves Behar on a range of intelligent, networked office furniture called Live OS, which launched at NeoCon this week. More about Herman Miller and Yves Behar's smart desks tell employees when they've been sitting too long
This ring hides a panic button that sends an alert to friends and emergency services if the wearer is in trouble. More about Nimb ring doubles as a panic alarm that calls for help with one press
British studio Those has designed a connected whiteboard that uses a robot arm to draw everything from illustrations to shopping lists. More about Joto drawing robot is an Etch A Sketch for the digital age
A science-fiction staple has inched closer to reality with the reveal of a prototype in-ear wearable that translates languages almost instantly. More about Waverly Labs' Pilot earpiece promises to translate languages in real time
A new sperm testing device named Yo enables men to keep a check on their reproductive health without having to go to the doctor. More about Home fertility test allows men to test their sperm count on a smartphone
This mobile breast pump on show at CES doesn't use any cords or bottles, allowing new mothers to express milk without connecting to a power socket or getting undressed. More about Willow's wireless breast pump allows women to express milk on the go
French designer Philippe Starck has created smart radiator valves that allow homeowners to remotely control the temperature of each room using their voice (+ movie). More about Philippe Starck designs voice-controlled smart radiator valves for Netatmo
Health technology company Withings has teamed up with French design company Elium Studio to create a thermometer that uses non-invasive methods to take children's temperatures (+ movie). More about Thermo thermometer measures temperature with just a swipe across the forehead
Just two weeks after the release of Nintendo's mobile game Pokémon GO, designers have created an array of products aimed at making it easier for players to "catch 'em all". More about Five products that have already been designed for Pokémon GO
Graduate shows 2016: Royal College of Art graduate Ted Hunt has designed a search engine that allows users to search the web using principles based on the Socratic method. More about Ted Hunt's Socratic Search invites Google users to question their assumptions
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 about Google launches Tilt Brush app for virtual reality sketching
The team behind a virtual reality tool that allows designers to sketch in three dimensions has launched an iPad app that turns drawings into virtual and physical 3D models (+ movie). More about Gravity Sketch app aims to "lower the barriers to 3D literacy"
Japanese designer Yuta Takahashi has proposed a smartphone app that would provide information and warnings about tsunamis, which could save lives during events like the devastating Tōhoku earthquake five years ago (+ slideshow). More about Yuta Takahashi's Tsunami App warns users of potential disasters
Taxi service Uber has launched a new identity designed by the company's CEO, which presents users in different countries with customised colours and patterns, and which has already been compared to an "asshole". More about Uber rebrands with location-specific "asshole" logos based on bathroom tiles
CES 2016: footwear company Digitsole's Smartshoes connect to the wearer's smartphone or smartwatch to warm cold feet, track footsteps, and lace themselves up like the Nike trainers worn in sci-fi film Back to the Future II. More about Digitsole presents Back to the Future-style self-lacing trainers
Paranoid parents can remotely track their child's temperature using this lightning bolt-shaped thermometer that connects to a smartphone app by San Francisco studio New Deal Design (+ movie). More about New Deal Design's Fever Scout child thermometer allows parents to monitor temperature remotely
Wearable technology company Doppler Labs has developed a set of wireless earbuds that connect with a smartphone app to augment the user's real-world audio experience. More about Doppler Labs' in-ear listening system features a remote control for your ears