Technology
SOM creates spiral of algae bricks for Chicago Architecture Biennial installation
Lego ditches plans to make bricks from recycled plastic bottles
Normal Phenomena of Life brand launches to sell biodesigned products
Apple unveils new smartwatches as “first carbon-neutral products”
Ten key projects by research and innovation lab Space10
US scientists develop “nanoscale” coating to combat spread of fires
“I am not at all worried about facing the newly empowered competition enabled by AI”
AI model by Aalto University team can predict how to prevent wildfires
AI exposes designers and architects to copyright complications say experts
Generative AI boom “could come to a fairly swift end”
BioProsthesis uses human hair to create prosthetic nipples for breast cancer patients
Eleonora Ortolani recycles plastic into vanilla ice-cream
Lemmo One bicycle transforms from analogue to electric with a simple attachment
Haptic lingerie uses AI to craft erotica based on the user’s touch
Sony’s HT-AX7 speaker system “allows you to experience truly cinematic sound, anywhere”
Honor creates foldable concept phone as the “new ‘it’ bag of the future”
Fairphone 5 smartphone launches with “fairest battery yet”
Dezeen’s policy on AI
Bendable battery among sustainable materials at San Francisco exhibition
Pioneering wind-powered cargo ship charts course for greener shipping
Rise of AI marks the “first time in history where we stop being monkeys” says Arturo Tedeschi
AI design could “bring back the beauty and aesthetics of the classical era” says Tim Fu
Materials “have so much more to give” says Natural Material Studio founder Bonnie Hvillum