Circus troupe Cirque du Soleil teamed up with drone specialist Raffaello D'Andrea to create Sparked – a short movie that transforms 10 autonomous flying machines into lampshades that seem to come alive and "dance" with a human performer (+ movie). More about Drones become a flock of dancing lampshades in this movie by Cirque du Soleil
Dezeen and MINI Frontiers: popular software packages are influencing the way new buildings look says Matthew Plummer-Fernandez, who calls on architects to develop their own code rather than using "off-the-shelf" solutions (+ movie). More about You can "spot what software has been used" to design a building
News: tech giant Google has released the latest version of its Android operating system called Lollipop – the first to use the company's "flat" design guidelines unveiled earlier this year (+ slideshow). More about Google rolls out Material Design guidelines with Lollipop Android update
The collar of this sweater by San Francisco studio Sensoree changes colour depending on the wearer's excitement levels (+ slideshow). More about GER Mood Sweater by Sensoree indicates emotions with LEDs
Dezeen and MINI Frontiers: architecture education is failing to understand how technology is changing our cities says Keiichi Matsuda, who foresees the profession “splitting into two parts” thanks to digital advances (+ movie). More about Architects could become "closer to game designers or filmmakers"
Following the unveiling of designs for London Underground's first fleet of driverless tube trains by Priestmangoode, we've rounded up seven of the most intriguing and disruptive driverless vehicles from the pages of Dezeen. More about Coming soon: driverless trains, planes and automobiles
News: British supermarket giant Tesco has followed up its Hudl device – one of the first "affordable" Android tablets – with a second model by product designers Chauhan Studio, which goes on sale today. More about Tesco and Chauhan Studio launch Hudl2 tablet device
Dutch Design Week 2014: This chair by Design Academy Eindhoven graduate Govert Flint allows the user to control their computer cursor with a range of body movements (+ movie). More about Govert Flint's Dynamic Chair turns the body into a computer mouse
Korean design studio 11+ has created a portable humidifier with a transparent bottle, minimal monochrome packaging and a red USB charging cable (+ slideshow). More about 11+ designs USB-powered portable humidifier
News: technology company Microsoft's research branch has combined projection mapping with motion sensors to turn enclosed spaces into immersive augmented experiences. More about Microsoft's RoomAlive transforms any room "into an augmented interactive display"
Dezeen and MINI Frontiers: Dezeen editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs introduces this round-up of our Dezeen and MINI Frontiers exhibition on the future of mobility, which took place last month during London Design Festival. More about Dezeen and MINI Frontiers showcased "provocative ideas" for future travel
Fashion and technology: a Dutch team is presenting a garment that purifies the polluted air surrounding the wearer, at this week's Beijing Design Week. More about BB.Suit 0.2 is an outfit that cleans polluted air
Design studio Artefact Group has created a conceptual smart locket that wirelessly interacts with social networks to display a digital memento of friends or family. More about Purple locket is a digital version of the traditional heirloom
Fashion and technology: the digital revolution presents the "biggest challenge for fashion brands" according to digital fashion pioneer Francis Bitonti who asks: "How will an industry where value is communicated by exclusivity and craft cope with this new space?" (+ interview) More about "Technology is going to turn the entire fashion industry inside out"
Dutch designer Teresa van Dongen has filled a glass tube with octopus bacteria to create a zero-electricity lamp that glows blue when disturbed (+ movie). More about Bioluminescent lamp by Teresa van Dongen glows blue with octopus bacteria
Fashion and technology: New York fashion designer Francis Bitonti has used a mathematical model to "grow" pairs of shoes with gradients of colour on a 3D printer. More about Francis Bitonti creates pixellated 3D-printed shoes using cellular automation
News: owners of Apple's newly released iPhone 6 handsets have taken to social media to complain about a possible design fault – using the hashtag #bendgate and posting images of devices that appear to have bent under pressure. More about Social media storm builds over possible fault in Apple's iPhone 6 design
Fashion and technology: sports brands like Nike and Adidas have been leading "technological innovation" in shoe design but the fashion industry is finally beginning to wake up to the possibilities of digital technologies, says Rem D Koolhaas, co-founder of footwear brand United Nude (+ interview). More about "The fashion industry has finally woken up"
Fashion and technology: in the first part of a series focusing on designers who are introducing the fashion world to new technologies, Dezeen speaks to architect Julia Koerner about how advances in 3D scanning, modelling and printing are creating a "revolution in customised fashion pieces within ready to wear" (+ interview + slideshow). More about "Technology adds an incredible advantage to fashion design"
The creators of a flying car called AeroMobil say that transport networks are "in crisis" and suggest that a potential solution could be shifting road traffic into the skies (+ movie). More about Creators of the AeroMobil flying car propose moving road traffic to the skies