Technology
Fallback device can bypass governmental internet shutdowns to give access to news
Envelope paper sleeves turn smartphones into analog devices
Kenoteq launches brick made almost entirely of construction waste
Facial-recognition masks let wearers unlock their phones
Generate and Placetailor to build carbon-neutral CLT apartment block in Boston
Samsung launches Galaxy S20 smartphone with 108-megapixel camera
Studio Drift creates dramatic shifting Ego sculpture for Dutch opera L’Orfeo
École des Ponts ParisTech’s Build’in lab tackles digitisation of construction
Inouye Solar Telescope takes most detailed images of the sun to date
MIT nanotube technique suggests greener way to make aeroplane parts
Minimalist electric screwdriver is designed to be “unintimidating”
BCXSY’s Reciprocal Syntax installation explores the nature of collaboration via a seesaw
Layer designs Bang & Olufsen speaker that “visually describes how the audio functions”
Special Projects distills essential smartphone functions into a daily Paper Phone
Drones and self-driving robots used to fight coronavirus in China
Julia Olanders makes “toxic” vases from insulation foam and concrete
Samsung releases foldable Galaxy Z Flip smartphone
Indigenous technologies “could change the way we design cities” says environmentalist Julia Watson
Gregg Moore creates restaurant’s tableware using waste bones from its kitchen
UPS delivery vans get electric makeover by Arrival
Refined Airlander 10 design set to go into production
SF-SO strips back digital products to help us disconnect
Pangaia’s puffer jackets are filled with wildflowers rather than down
