Studio Tada is presenting a haptic fingernail during the VDF x Ventura Projects collaboration that allows users to experience touch virtually. More about Studio Tada's Fulu device brings touch to digital communication
Synesthesia Lab introduces Synesthesia X1, a multi-sensory experience device, as part of VDF's collaboration with Ventura Projects. More about Synesthesia X1 device offers "multi-sensory musical experience"
This movie by Space Popular explores how virtual reality could become as widespread as the video call, allowing our homes to digitally merge with those of our loved ones. More about Swapping video calls for VR will change our homes forever says Space Popular
The Wing drone delivery system developed by Google is being used to deliver toilet paper and medicine to residents in lockdown in Virginia, USA. More about Google's Wing drones deliver essentials during coronavirus pandemic
German software company Hyperganic has developed a 3D-printed rocket engine prototype, which was completely designed by artificial intelligence. More about Hyperganic uses AI to design 3D-printed rocket engine
Students from the Royal College of Art have made fabrics from plants grown in seawater, providing a potential solution for the currently freshwater-intensive fashion and textile industries. More about RCA students develop SaltyCo sustainable fabrics using seawater plants
Spanish brand Nagami Design has switched the use of its robotic arm from making furniture to 3D-printing face shields for medical staff treating coronavirus patients. More about Nagami Design 3D-prints face shields to protect medical staff from coronavirus
British technology company Dyson has designed a ventilator and is primed to produce 15,000 units in the coming weeks to help meet the demand caused by the coronavirus pandemic. More about Dyson designs ventilator in 10 days to supply NHS
The Folding@home project at Stanford University allows users to donate unused computer power to run simulations of how the novel coronavirus is structured, in order to help find a cure. More about Software creates computer hive mind to help find coronavirus cure
Bespoke, smart and made-to-order is the new face of the skincare industry, where product designers are applying artificial intelligence and machine learning. Rima Sabina Aouf spotlights seven brands demonstrating this. More about Seven customisable skincare brands harnessing artificial intelligence
Researchers at MIT have invented a low-cost moisture sensor for disposable nappies that uses radio frequencies to alert caregivers when babies need changing. More about MIT develops low-cost smart diaper that notifies parents when wet
Italian additive manufacturing start-up Isinnova has reverse engineered and 3D printed a crucial valve for an overrun hospital in Chiari, a small town in Lombardy which is among the areas worst affected by the coronavirus outbreak. More about 3D printers fabricate emergency valves for ventilators to keep coronavirus patients breathing
Cults, memes and incel culture informed The 1975's music video for their song The Birthday Party, which sees band members transformed into digital avatars. More about Ben Ditto examines "underbelly" of the internet for The 1975 music video
Students from London's Royal College of Art and Imperial College have devised a system that provides access to news coverage via a portable satellite modem during a government-enforced internet shutdown. More about Fallback device can bypass governmental internet shutdowns to give access to news
London design studio Special Projects has created a series of paper envelopes that seal away smartphones and minimise screen time for the day, while still allowing access to basic functionality. More about Envelope paper sleeves turn smartphones into analog devices
Benjamin Hubert and his studio Layer have designed Bang & Olufsen's sculptural Beosound Balance speaker, which has a two-part structure made from wood and textile. More about Layer designs Bang & Olufsen speaker that "visually describes how the audio functions"
London design studio Special Projects has developed an app that condenses important information such as contacts and maps onto a daily printout to help people live without their devices. More about Special Projects distills essential smartphone functions into a daily Paper Phone
Scottish startup Kenoteq has launched the K-Briq – a more sustainable building brick that is unfired and made of 90 per cent construction waste. More about Kenoteq launches brick made almost entirely of construction waste
Artist Danielle Baskin has set up Resting Risk Face, a company that will print user's faces on masks so they can use facial recognition technology while wearing them. More about Facial-recognition masks let wearers unlock their phones
China is deploying robots and drones to remotely disinfect hospitals, deliver food and enforce quarantine restrictions as part of the effort to fight coronavirus. More about Drones and self-driving robots used to fight coronavirus in China