Wonho Lee creates Brise fan hidden inside a side table
An electric fan is disguised as an understated side table in Brise, a student project from Hongik University graduate Wonho Lee. More
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Rebecca Weiss designs ultrasound-powered male contraceptive device
German design graduate Rebecca Weiss has won a James Dyson Award for a male contraceptive device called Coso, which uses ultrasound waves to temporarily halt sperm regeneration. More
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School student creates travel-sized Avogo tool to "eliminate avocado hand"
Brighton College student Pietro Pignatti has designed a compact avocado cutter that can be used to safely open avocados while on the go. More
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Fallback device can bypass governmental internet shutdowns to give access to news
Students from London's Royal College of Art and Imperial College have devised a system that provides access to news coverage via a portable satellite modem during a government-enforced internet shutdown. More
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Game Boy gets extra life in minimal Analogue Pocket
Retro handheld gaming meets contemporary design in the Analogue Pocket, a new device for playing old Game Boy cartridges. More
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Winston filter promises to give people control over their online privacy
A hardware filter called Winston that users plug into their modem to protect their data has launched, in response to mounting concern over digital privacy and surveillance. More
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Tupperware-style products use the Internet of Things to help you reduce your food waste
Chicago-based tech startup Ovie has launched Smarterware, a line of food-storage products that alert users when the contents of their fridge are about to spoil. More
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Nendo exploits acoustic properties of beech wood for transparent Bunaco speaker
Nendo has designed a wireless speaker for Japanese brand Bunaco, using a thin strip of coiled beech wood trapped inside a transparent casing. More
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Musician's Mirror uses instant feedback to alert performers to bad posture
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
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Pocket-sized Ally device tests for food allergens in restaurant meals
Brunel University graduate Imogen Adams has created a portable allergen tester designed to put people with food intolerances at ease during meals out. More
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Phabit device rewards your daily exercise by keeping a plant alive
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
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Yves Behar looks to loungewear for design of sleep-aiding Dreem headband
For his project with Silicon Valley start-up Rythm, industrial designer Yves Behar had to make a computer comfortable enough for restless sleepers to wear on their heads overnight. More
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Petcube Play lets you interact with your pet remotely from a smartphone
This small device allows users to talk to, play with and watch their pets when apart, for the reassurance that they are happy and safe at home. More
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Karim Rashid's Bump smartphone charger "eliminates the knotty tangle of power cords"
New York designer Karim Rashid has unveiled a smartphone charging device that neatly stores a metre-long cable in a loop around its outside (+ slideshow). More
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Dezeen's top 10 gadgets of 2015
Dezeen's design editor Dan Howarth selects his pick of this year's gadgets, including concepts, prototypes and commercial products for cooking, cleaning, cycling and even masturbating (+ slideshow). More
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Onomo's "magic compass" uses LEDs to guide cyclists
London startup Onomo has launched a Kickstarter campaign to support the release of its Haize compass, which uses flashing and colour-changing lights to direct cyclists to their destination (+ slideshow). More
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Looncup tracks menstruation and sends vaginal updates to your phone
The "world's first smart menstruation cup" links with a phone app to provide women with information about their periods (+ movie). More
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Zelf Koelman's Ferrolic clock uses magnetic ferrofluid to tell the time
This clock by Dutch designer Zelf Koelman spells out the time with magnetic fluid under the control of electromagnets (+ movie). More
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Gemma Roper's internet radio lets users select music by tempo
Graduate shows 2015: this device by Royal College of Art graduate Gemma Roper allows the user to stream music according to the pace and rhythm they want to listen to (+ movie). More
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Electric Happaratus glove enables wood and stone to be sculpted by hand
Dezeen and MINI Frontiers: in this movie filmed at the Royal College of Art, graduate Morten Grønning explains how he adapted an electric kitchen knife to make a prototype glove for carving hard materials. More
