
Carlo Ratti designs driverless robotic bar called Guido
Italian architect Carlo Ratti has revealed his concept for an autonomous robotic cafe and bar that would make on-demand cocktails for city-dwellers wherever they are. More
Italian architect Carlo Ratti has revealed his concept for an autonomous robotic cafe and bar that would make on-demand cocktails for city-dwellers wherever they are. More
German start-up Holoride has designed a virtual-reality experience for the backseats of taxis, for passengers in autonomous vehicles or for kids on long car trips. More
Australian audio company Nura has launched what it says are the world's first adaptive earphones, which alter their output to suit the user's hearing. More
London-based designer Keiichi Matsuda suggests how augmented reality will define the workstation of the future, in a short film that explores the growing obsession with productivity in the workplace. More
London-based architect and designer Bastian Beyer's project explores the potential of using knitted textile structures that have been biologically solidified as sustainable construction materials. More
Faces and licence plates are among the details that can be clearly seen in an ultra-high-resolution bird's-eye photograph of Shanghai, created by Chinese company Bigpixel Technology. More
Brazilian start-up Hoobox Robotics has collaborated with Intel to produce an adapter kit that allows almost any electric wheelchair to be controlled by the user's facial expressions. More
BMW's creative division Designworks has teamed up with The North Face to design a futuristic camper concept, which utilises nanospinning technology to shelter its inhabitants from extreme weather conditions. More
Map Project Office and Universal Design Studio have worked with IBM to create the Q System One, the world's first quantum computer intended for business use. More
A humanoid robot on its way to the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas has been "hit and destroyed" by a self-driving Tesla. More
Awarding then banning a robotic sex toy at this year's Consumer Electronics Show proves the technology industry's oblivious attitude towards women's wants and needs, says tech writer Holly Brockwell. More
German automotive company Continental wants to use a system of autonomous vans packed with dog-like four-legged robots to deliver packages. More
LG Electronics has revealed a rollable TV, which can be rolled away to be stored out of sight at the click of a button to "liberate users from the limitations of the wall". More
London's Heathrow, the world's second busiest airport, was forced to stop departing flights after a drone was sighted near the airfield. More
A smart ring developed by New York-based designer Hussain Almossawi allows people with sickle cell disease to monitor and detect low oxygen levels in their blood. More
The designers of an electric wheelchair share scheme and two exoskeletons are among the five finalists of the Mobility Unlimited Challenge who will be given $500,000 each to develop their prototypes. More
Engineers at Columbia University have 3D-printed a block of "digital wood", using a voxel technique that enables the creation of objects with rich internal textures. More
Hildrey Studio has developed ProxyAddress, a database that could connect homeless people with an address from one of England's 500,000 empty houses so they don't lose access to vital services. More
An embroidered computer and a sound recorder made from yarn are among the products produced as part of Ebru Kurbak's research project into the use of traditional textile techniques to manufacture electronic objects. More
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