News: tech giant Google and eyewear company Luxottica have announced a partnership to develop Google Glass wearable headsets into consumer-friendly products. More about Google and luxury eyewear brand form wearable tech partnership
Dezeen and MINI Frontiers: Dutch designer Daan Roosegaarde is exploring ways of using bio-luminescent bacteria found in jellyfish and mushrooms to create glow-in-the-dark trees that could replace street lights. More about Glowing trees could be used "instead of street lighting" says Daan Roosegaarde
News: don't let fear mongers prevent the development of technologies that make the human body perform better and last longer, says a leading bio-ethicist. More about "We need to think of our bodies as works in progress"
News: musician Imogen Heap is to put an experimental electronic glove into production, creating a tool that will allow anyone to interact with their computer remotely via hand gestures. Update: this interview is featured in Dezeen Book of Interviews, which is on sale now for £12 (+ interview + movie). More about Imogen Heap launches funding drive for gloves that turn gestures into music
News: Apple's reclusive head designer Jonathan Ive says the technological age in still in its infancy in his first in-depth interview in almost 20 years. More about "We are at the beginning of a remarkable time" says Apple's Jonathan Ive
News: Google has unveiled an operating system designed specifically for wearable devices called Android Wear, plus details of the first smartwatches to incorporate the technology. More about Google unveils Android Wear operating system for smartwatches
News: researchers in America have developed a friction-based miniature generator that could enable mobile devices to be charged by typing or stroking the screen. More about Future smartphones could be charged by stroking them
News: miracle material graphene has been used to develop infrared sensors, which could be inserted into contact lenses and allow the wearer to see in the dark. More about Graphene sensors could create night-vision contact lenses
News: a research team at Stanford University has developed a pocket-sized microscope that can be assembled from a sheet of paper and costs less than a pound to manufacture, intended to help in the fight against malaria. More about Disposable paper microscope developed for detecting malaria
Artist Gabriel Barcia-Colombo has created a vending machine that dispenses human genetic material to highlight privacy issues emerging as biotechnology makes it easier and cheaper to access information locked in our DNA (+ interview). More about Genetic engineering will be "as accessible as 3D-printing" says DNA Vending Machine designer
News: internet-connected cars will soon be harvesting data on the weather, road conditions and traffic flow and selling it to the grid, according to panelists at the Internet of Cars session at the SXSW festival. More about Internet-connected cars will give drivers "superhuman powers"
These shoes are 3D-printed using flexible, durable filament so they can be folded up and stuffed into a pocket or bag (+ slideshow). More about 3D-printed shoes by Recreus scrunch up to fit into pockets
News: this desk with a solar panel in the writing surface by Dutch designer Marjan van Aubel generates electricity to recharge gadgets using a process similar to photosynthesis. More about The Current Table by Marjan van Aubel features a solar panel for charging mobile phones
Designer Francis Bitonti worked with students to design and 3D-print this delicate dress using clear and flexible filaments. More about Francis Bitonti and New Skins Workshop students 3D-print flexible dress on a MakerBot
News: people will soon have up to ten miniature devices on their bodies and clothes monitoring their health, organising their social lives and responding to their emotional needs, according to Gadi Amit, a leading designer of wearable devices (+ interview). More about Wearable technology that ignores emotional needs is a "major error"
News: a woman has been attacked in a San Francisco bar for wearing Google Glass, in the latest conflict amid increasing tension between the city's residents and the tech giants who have based their headquarters in the area. More about Google Glass wearer attacked in San Francisco and accused of "killing" the city
News: a conductive rug that can detect movement and call for help if someone has fallen over has been developed by German firm Future-Shape. More about SensFloor conductive rug by Future-Shape turns the floor into a giant touchscreen
Dezeen and MINI Frontiers: designer Eric Klarenbeek, who displayed a chair made out of 3D-printed fungus at Dutch Design Week in October, says the technique could be used to create larger, more complex structures. More about 3D-printed mushroom roots "could be used to build houses"
News: American 3D printing firm 3D Systems has created a robotic suit that combines printed parts with motorised components to help paralysed patients stand and walk. More about 3D-printed exoskeleton helps paralysed users walk again
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 about Apple unveils software for cars with Ferrari, Volvo and Mercedes-Benz
