Helsinki launches Think Sustainably digital service for residents and tourists
The city of Helsinki has revealed a first-of-its kind website meant to empower citizens, businesses and tourists to make more sustainable choices. More
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Tucker Viemeister designs ElectionGuard ballot machine to make voting more secure
American industrial designer Tucker Viemeister has teamed up with software giant Microsoft to build an electronic voting machine that could boost security of paper ballots. More
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Wallgren Arkitekter and BOX Bygg create parametric tool that generates adaptive plans
Architecture studio Wallgren Arkitekter and Swedish construction company BOX Bygg have created a parametric design tool called Finch, which can generate floor plans adapted to the constraints of a site. More
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Apple unveils new OS designed just for the iPad
Apple has launched its first dedicated operating system for the iPad, making it easier to multitask, manage files and use Apple Pencil. More
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Apple introduces dark mode for iPhone and iPad
Apple has developed a dark display mode that will be available on the new iPhone and iPad operating systems. More
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Gravity Sketch VR software now lets designers switch between 2D and 3D
Designers can move easily between drawing in a virtual-reality environment and on their tablet using the latest update to Gravity Sketch. More
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4D-printing method could allow flat-pack furniture to be assembled with heat alone
Researchers have created a series of 4D-printed plastic objects that fold themselves into predetermined shapes when heated, which they believe could be scaled up to create flat-pack furniture. More
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Surging Seas software shows potential impact of rising sea levels on US cities
An interactive mapping tool provides a scary glimpse of how cities such as New York, Boston and Miami might end up if sea levels continue to rise. More
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INDEX reveals this year's five best life-improving designs
Drones that deliver blood with parachutes and a sustainable ocean farming system are among the winners of the INDEX: Award 2017. More
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Gravity Sketch launches its virtual reality 3D-drawing tool to the public
London startup Gravity Sketch has officially launched its virtual reality sketching software that lets users create and manipulate three-dimensional objects in mid-air. More
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Adobe Research team proposes more playful way to mix colours digitally
Researchers at software brand Adobe have developed a prototype tool that allows users to mix colours on screen as if they were working in real paint. More
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Seymourpowell demos VR software for collaboratively designing cars
London studio Seymourpowell's virtual-reality tool for automotive design allows people in various locations around the world to work together in real time. More
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Gravity Sketch VR software for creative professionals launches beta-testing platform
A beta version of a virtual-reality programme that gives designers the option to draw and manipulate 3D objects has launched. More
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Julius Breitenstein creates Unpaid Intern device to aid designers
Graduate shows 2016: Central Saint Martins graduate Julius Breitenstein has created a device that performs the activities an intern would usually do in a design office. More
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Ted Hunt's Socratic Search invites Google users to question their assumptions
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
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VR goggles combined with hand-held controllers offers architects "a whole new way of designing"
New virtual reality tools will allow architects and designers to create buildings and products intuitively in 3D space around them, according to the director of visualisation studio VRtisan (+ movie). More
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Apple unveils software for cars with Ferrari, Volvo and Mercedes-Benz
Apple has teamed up with Ferrari, Volvo and Mercedes-Benz to develop software for cars allowing iPhones to be connected up and controlled via a second screen in the entertainment system. More
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Apple unveils iOS 7 software designed by Jonathan Ive
News: Apple has revealed the design of iOS 7 - the highly anticipated first major user interface redesign since industrial designer Jonathan Ive was put in charge of both hardware and software design across the company. More
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Gehry shares digital system for "paperless buildings"
News: Frank Gehry has launched his studio's paperless system for sharing and collaborating on drawings as a scaled-up product for the architecture industry. More
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Software that can tell what city it's looking at
Dezeen Wire: researchers from Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh and Ecole Normale Supérieure in Paris have designed software that can look at a photo and identify the city in which it was taken by recognising building typologies. More
