Visitors to London department store Selfridges can take a virtual reality tour created by technology company Inition inside a helmet by fashion designer Gareth Pugh (+ slideshow). More about "Immersive virtual world" by Gareth Pugh and Inition installed at Selfridges
News: American manufacturer 3D Systems has unveiled the world's first 3D printers for food, printing out sweets at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. More about First food 3D printer launched by 3D Systems
News: Google has joined up with automotive manufacturers including Honda, Audi, Hyundai and General Motors to integrate its Android smartphone operating system into cars. More about Google joins forces with major auto brands to bring Android to car dashboards
News: a fighter jet incorporating 3D-printed parts has successfully completed a test flight, making it the first combat aircraft produced using additive manufacturing. More about First combat aircraft with 3D-printed parts completes test flight
News: researchers in Australia have developed a pen to deposit regenerative stem cells onto damaged bone and cartilage in a process similar to 3D printing. More about 3D-printing BioPen "draws" with living cells to repair damaged bones
The latest version of this app by creative collective The Morpholio Project enables images in a digital portfolio to be annotated and drawn on, as if sketching on a sheet of tracing paper laid over the top. More about Digital portfolio app features layers that behave like tracing paper
News: 3D-printed eye cells could "aid in the cure of blindness" according to researchers at The University of Cambridge, who have successfully printed adult nerve cells for the first time. More about 3D-printed eye cells could "cure blindness"
Dezeen Music Project: London artist Di Mainstone is developing an electronic instrument that enables performers to make music from the subtle vibrations of suspension bridge cables (+ movie). More about Di Mainstone's Human Harp creates music from suspension bridges
Wearable Futures: alchemist Lauren Bowker has embedded ink that changes colour depending on different climatic conditions into a feathered garment (+ movie). More about Clothes that change colour according to climate by Lauren Bowker
American studio Emerging Objects 3D-printed this pavilion using salt harvested from San Francisco Bay (+ slideshow). More about Pavilion made of 3D-printed salt by Emerging Objects
These wearable devices by designer Ling Tan cause unpleasant sensations when the wearer becomes inactive or stops concentrating (+ movie). More about Reality Mediators wearable technology by Ling Tan punishes laziness
Design Miami 2013: London architect Daniel Widrig is presenting a collection of 3D-printed wearable sculptures during Design Miami this week, including one that looks like an exoskeleton. More about Daniel Widrig creates wearable sculptures based on a 3D scan of the body
News: online retail giant Amazon has presented a prototype for a service that uses flying robots to deliver packages to customers within half an hour of ordering (+ movie). More about Amazon tests drones that could deliver packages "in less than 30 minutes"
News: British architect Adrian Priestman claims to have designed and installed the first 3D-printed components to be approved for use in the construction industry. More about British architect claims "first architectural application" of 3D printing
Design Miami 2013: designer Ross Lovegrove will present a series of 3D-printed 18 carat gold rings at Design Miami next week. More about Ross Lovegrove designs 3D-printed gold jewellery
News: British company Fripp Design and Research has developed 3D-printed prosthetic eyes that could be produced much faster than existing handmade versions, reducing the cost by 97 percent. More about 3D printing "can produce up to 150 prosthetic eyes per hour"
Bacteria from personalities including artist Olafur Eliasson, curator Hans Ulrich Obrist and chef Michael Pollan have been used to make human cheese as part of an exhibition about synthetic biology in Dublin. More about Olafur Eliasson's tears used to make human cheese
News: Microsoft Kinect users can now scan their bodies with the motion capture device and order a 3D-printed miniature model of themselves without leaving the house. More about Tiny 3D-printed selfies can be ordered from your living room
Technology will increasingly be integrated into the body "to extend our abilities, our knowledge and our perceptions of reality", according to Neil Harbisson, the first officially recognised human cyborg (+ interview). More about People "will start becoming technology" says human cyborg
Edward Barber and Jay Osgerby's creative consultancy MAP has designed a build-your-own computer kit (+ slideshow). More about Kano computer kit by MAP