Researchers from the University of Chicago have invented a cladding material that changes colour to help with heating or cooling and could be retrofitted to improve buildings' energy efficiency. More about "Chameleon-like" facade material could help to heat and cool buildings
Powerful new chatbot ChatGPT has delivered a stark warning to architects about the existential threat that AI poses to the profession. More about "Architects may become a thing of the past" says ChatGPT
US start-up Mill aimed to create the ultimate solution to household food waste when designing this bin, which dries out any leftovers so they can be posted to the company and given a new purpose. More about Mill bin dries and shrinks food waste so it can be sent off for reuse
Italian company Dyaqua, which has developed a way to produce solar panels so that they resemble the barrel clay tiles common on the roofs of buildings in Italy, has said the technology is important for the sustainable redevelopment of historical sites. More about Invisible solar panels "finally allow cultural heritage to access solar energy"
An anthropologist and an architect from University College London have collaborated on a unique way to preserve endangered languages – by capturing their character in the form of 3D-printed objects. More about UCL researchers translate endangered languages into 3D-printed objects
Sieger Suarez Architects and Dezer Development have released details of a 61-storey skyscraper in Miami Beach, which features a lift that allows residents to drive vehicles directly into apartments on all levels. More about Car lift allows residents to drive into all apartments in Bentley's Miami Beach skyscraper
Swedish furniture designer Emma Olbers has created the Now or Never – 1kg CO2e exhibition at Stockholm Furniture Fair to showcase the climate impact of materials commonly used in architecture and furniture design. More about Now or Never exhibition visualises the carbon emissions of common materials
Italian fashion start-up Cap_able has launched a collection of knitted clothing that protects the wearer's biometric data without the need to cover their face. More about Cap_able blocks facial recognition software with knitted clothing
UK researchers have shown that artificial intelligence, combined with cinematic motion capture suits and digital twin technology, can offer a "faster, cheaper" way of treating patients with disorders that impair their movement. More about Researchers combine motion capture tech and AI to treat movement disorders
Swedish School of Textiles graduate Pola Demianiuk has designed a collection of self-moving garments named Soft Assembly, which curl and contract around the wearer's body. More about Pola Demianiuk creates robotic clothing that "assists the body to be dressed"
Architects have a duty to use their skills to help solve societal problems even if it means thinking beyond designing buildings, ProxyAddress founder Chris Hildrey tells Dezeen in this interview. More about "An architect who only designs buildings is like a doctor who only prescribes paracetamol" says ProxyAddress founder
This year's CES demonstrated why so-called "Femtech" still has a long way to go to get the recognition it deserves, writes Seymourpowell's Mariel Brown. More about "Despite the media buzz, 'Femtech' is still struggling to find equality"
The widespread adoption of self-driving cars will create a major bump in carbon emissions without changes to their design, a study from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has found. More about MIT study finds huge carbon cost to self-driving cars
Expanded cork, construction waste and human urine feature in this roundup of brick alternatives, designed to reduce the masonry unit's embodied carbon footprint. More about Seven alternative bricks made of reclaimed waste and biomaterials
ZeroAvia has flown what the aviation company claims is the largest aircraft yet to be run on a zero-emissions hydrogen-electric engine, testing a 19-seater plane over the skies of England. More about ZeroAvia test-flies largest airplane powered by hydrogen-electric engine to date
North Carolina firm Plantd Materials has developed a material consisting of processed perennial grasses that it says will be lighter and stronger than traditional timber boards while capturing more carbon.
More about Plantd Materials creates OSB board alternative from processed grass
Design studio PriestmanGoode has collaborated with startup Skyted on a mask that uses jet-engine technology to absorb the wearer's voice so they can make calls in public without being overheard. More about PriestmanGoode unveils voice-absorbing face mask
London design studio Special Projects has worked with clinical psychologists to develop SlowMo, a mental health app for people experiencing psychosis that will be trialled by the UK's National Health Service. More about SlowMo app aims to help people with psychosis
Digital spaces can create communities but the ownership-obsessed metaverses envisioned by tech companies are depressing and uninspiring, writes Holly Nielsen. More about "Metaverses will be the digital equivalent of huge empty cities without character or community"
Architecture studios Carmody Groarke and TRANS Architectuur Stedenbouw have collaborated with material researchers to develop a brick made from local construction waste, which will be used to build the new wing of the Design Museum Gent. More about Municipal waste used to form low-carbon brick for Design Museum Gent extension