News: science-fiction author Neal Stephenson is developing a concept for a 20-kilometre (12.4-mile) skyscraper that could be used to launch rockets into space. More about Science-fiction author proposes 20-kilometre rocket-launching skyscraper
Riders can use their iPhone as the dashboard for this electric bike designed by Spanish transport firm The Electric Mobility Company. More about Xkuty One electric bike by The Electric Mobility Company
Lisbon Architecture Triennale: these prototypical structures by London studio Cohen Van Balen are designed to sustain genetically modified plants that could prevent wolves from contracting rabies (+ movie). More about And Nowhere a Shadow by Cohen Van Balen at Future Perfect
Five little robots travel along lines drawn in felt-tip-pen and turn coloured scribbles into music in this installation by Japanese designer Yuri Suzuki (+ movie). More about Looks Like Music by Yuri Suzuki
Researchers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology have built a flying robot that can guide people around complex urban environments or aid search-and-rescue missions, in an attempt to show that drones can perform useful tasks as well as sinister ones (+ movie). More about SkyCall quadcopter by MIT Senseable City Lab
News: technology giant Apple has lost its vision and has reached creative saturation according to Hartmut Esslinger, the industrial designer hired by Steve Jobs to help transform the brand in the 1980s. More about Apple has reached "saturation" says former designer
Lisbon Architecture Triennale: people are dunked in a pool of wax to create sculptural dresses by Dutch fashion designer Bart Hess as part of a futuristic city on show at this year's Lisbon Architecture Triennale, which kicked off yesterday in the Portuguese capital. More about The Garment District by Bart Hess at Future Perfect
Automotive brand Nissan has unveiled the first smartwatch concept to communicate with a car, providing drivers with real-time information such as average speed and heart rate (+ movie). More about Nismo smartwatch by Nissan
News: more than 200,000 people from 140 countries have applied for a one-way ticket to join a human settlement on Mars (+ slideshow). More about Over 200,000 people apply to live on Mars
If you've visited Dezeen on a mobile device over the last few weeks you may have noticed some improvements... our mobile-friendly responsive site went live at the end of last month. More about Dezeen's responsive site is live! -redirect
If you've visited Dezeen on a mobile device over the last few weeks you may have noticed some improvements... our mobile-friendly responsive site went live at the end of last month. More about Dezeen's responsive site is live!
News: billionaire technology tycoon Elon Musk has unveiled his vision for the future of design, with modelling software controlled by hand gestures linked to 3D printers. More about Tycoon demos gesture-controlled software for designing 3D-printed rocket parts
News: electronics brand Samsung has launched its Galaxy Gear smartwatch. More about Samsung launches Galaxy Gear smartwatch
Robots could be sent to Mars to build caves for later habitation by humans, according to a proposal for the colonisation of the planet by German firm ZA Architects (+ slideshow). More about Mars Colonisation by ZA Architects
News: NASA is developing an orbiting factory that will use 3D printing and robots to fabricate giant structures such as antennas and solar arrays of up to a kilometre in length, as part of its ongoing search for extra-terrestrial life. More about NASA develops 3D printing factory in space
Dezeen and MINI World Tour: San Francisco designer Yves Behar, who recently launched a keyless lock controlled by a smartphone, discusses his vision for how technology can be successfully integrated into the home in this movie filmed in Milan. More about The home of the future will "know where you are" - Yves Behar
Researchers at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) have unveiled a prototype electric car that folds in half. More about Armadillo-T foldable electric micro-car by KAIST
News: California studio Smith|Allen has completed the world's first architectural structure using standard 3D printers (+ movie + interview). More about California duo create "world's first 3D-printed architecture"
Graduate designer Mugi Yamamoto has designed an inkjet printer that sits on top of a stack of paper and eats its way down through the pile (+ slideshow). More about Stack printer by Mugi Yamamoto
Bart Veldhuizen, community manager at online 3D-printing service Shapeways, takes Dezeen on an exclusive behind-the-scenes tour of the company's Eindhoven print facility for the final instalment in our series of movies about additive manufacturing. More about "You can design anything and have it 3D-printed"