Danish bicycle brand Biomega's first ever electric vehicle concept features an uncluttered form that adheres to Scandinavian design principles. More about Biomega debuts low-cost, low-weight electric car for city dwellers
Archi-Union Architects has completed a conference centre on Shanghai's West Bund in just 100 days, using robot-assisted design and construction. More about Archi-Union uses "cyborg fabrication" to build Venue B conference centre in 100 days
Engineers at the Massachusetts University of Technology have built an ion-powered plane that flies without propellers or turbines, and requires no fossil fuel. More about MIT engineers complete world's first flight of plane with no moving parts
Fabric-coated tech products have slowly but surely padded into the market in 2018, suggesting a future of gentle, unobtrusive devices. Here's a look at some of the best examples. More about Twelve fabric-covered gadgets that show how technology can be more cosy
Tech company Coinmine has released its first product designed to allow anyone to mine and manage cryptocurrency. More about Coinmine device introduces novices to cryptocurrency
London-based design studio Cellule has devised a system for creating personalised digital and 3D-printed models of hearts, which can be used to help doctors plan surgery for transplant patients. More about Personalised 3D-printed models of patients' hearts can be used to plan surgery
The "ingenious" O-Wind Turbine designed by UK students Nicolas Orellana and Yaseen Noorani is the winner of the international James Dyson Awards. More about Urban wind turbine wins 2018 James Dyson Awards grand prize
Concrete facades could soon capture solar energy to power buildings, using a prototype photovoltaic cladding developed by materials company LafargeHolcim and electronics manufacturer Heliatek. More about Photovoltaic concrete facade uses sunlight to generate energy
Silicon Valley companies including Alphabet, Amazon and Facebook are threatening democracy by usurping governments as the key provider of public spaces and services, according to a new book examining the rising power of tech giants. More about "Whole chunks of our environment are being privatised" says Silicon States author Lucie Greene
Samsung has revealed a prototype of its long-awaited foldable smartphone, which allows consumers to own a tablet and a phone in one device. More about Samsung unveils Infinity Flex smartphone that unfolds to become a tablet
Gadi Amit's studio New Deal Design has collaborated with tech start-up Helm to create a home server to save people from "being caught up in the next massive online breach". More about Helm Personal Server lets users take control of their data security
University of Cape Town researcher Suzanne Lambert has created a zero-waste building material made with human urine, which hardens at room temperature, as an alternative to environmentally taxing kiln-fired bricks. More about Bio-bricks made from human urine could be environmentally friendly future of architecture
A team led by US architect David Hertz has developed an energy-efficient technology for harvesting fresh drinking water from the air, which is contained within a shipping container for easy transport. More about WEDEW turns air into drinking water by creating artificial clouds in shipping container
New York design studio Breakfast has combined elements of the brick with the pixel to make Brixels, a building block for moving architectural art. More about Brixels are modular blocks that can be combined to create moving walls
Japanese brand Muji has revealed designs for an autonomous shuttle bus built for all weather conditions, set to hit the roads in three Finnish cities by 2020. More about Muji designs "friendly" autonomous shuttle bus for Finland
Pratt Institute graduate Jae-Hyun An has created a prosthetic leg that allows amputees to perform ballet like never before. More about Prosthetic leg for amputees designed by Jae-Hyun An to encourage new genre of ballet
A double-curved concrete shelled pavilion, constructed using a 3D-knitted formwork developed by Zaha Hadid Architects and ETH Zurich, has gone on display in Mexico City. More about Zaha Hadid Architects and ETH Zurich debut concrete pavilion with 3D-knitted formwork
Apple has launched a MacBook Air with a 100 per cent recycled aluminium alloy shell, reducing the carbon footprint of the computer by almost half. More about Apple designs "greenest Mac ever"
Dutch designer Marjan van Aubel has developed a self-powered hydroponic rooftop greenhouse that generates solar energy to optimise good conditions for growth, in a bid to tackle the issue of food shortages. More about Marjan van Aubel's rooftop "greenhouse of the future" aims to solve food shortages
An artwork created by Paris-based art collective Obvious using artificial intelligence has been sold at Christie's auction house in New York for nearly half a million dollars. More about Christie's sells AI-created artwork painted using algorithm for 2,000