Toymaker The Crafty Robot has launched a crowdfunding campaign for its latest design — a DIY robot that can follow you around the house and bring you drinks. More about Smartibot kit turns any household object into an AI-enhanced robot
Dezeen promotion: Dezeen and Samsung Electronics are launching a design competition to create graphics for the Ambient Mode feature on the brand's QLED TV, with total prize money of €29,500. More about Dezeen and Samsung launch €29,500 competition to design TV Ambient Mode
UK studio Seymourpowell has designed a concept for a cosmetics service that would curate the perfect products based on artificial intelligence and user data. More about Seymourpowell's concept uses AI to decide your skincare routine
Students from ETH Zurich have pioneered a method of casting complex, one-off architectural structures from metal in a 3D-printed mould. More about ETH Zurich casts intricate metal facade in a 3D-printed mould
Benjamin Hubert's design studio Layer has created a wearable device that lets aspiring football players and athletes track and improve their performance. More about Benjamin Hubert designs wearable device to track performance of aspiring footballers
Dezeen promotion: Samsung has added a feature to its latest QLED televisions that allows the screen to appear almost transparent when not in use. More about Samsung introduces Ambient Mode allowing TVs to blend into the wall
Postgraduate designers from the Royal College of Art and Imperial College London have developed a set of tools that inform animals of potential human threats. More about Graduates design responsive devices to help animals survive extinction
Dutch bike company VanMoof has launched a high-security electric bicycle that it claims is impossible to ride or sell if stolen. More about VanMoof launches lock-free Electrified bike that can "take care of itself"
Kengo Kuma and Daan Roosegaarde are among the architects and designers presenting proposals to tackle air pollution, in this movie Dezeen filmed for Dassault Systèmes. More about Dassault Systèmes presents pollution-absorbing architecture by Kengo Kuma and Daan Roosegaarde
Virgin Hyperloop One and BIG have revealed videos demonstrating how hyperloop passengers will have the illusion they are travelling in a transparent tube (video contains flashing images). More about Zoetrope windows turn hyperloop tubes "transparent"
Italian architect Carlo Ratti and his company Makr Shakr have launched a mass-market robotic cocktail maker. More about Nino robotic bartender can make "any drink in seconds"
This captioned movie shows the fleet of robots inside a warehouse operated by online supermarket Ocado, which can put together an order of 50 groceries in just five minutes. More about Over 1,000 robots pack groceries in Ocado's online shopping warehouse
Apple's latest software update, iOS 12, features tools to help users control the amount of time spent on devices, as well as new personalised 3D emojis and augmented reality effects. More about Apple's iOS 12 software update aims to help minimise screen time
Benjamin Hubert's design studio Layer has launched Trove, a digital wallet and app system that allow you to store your cryptocurrency without fear of loss or theft. More about Layer launches "unhackable" wallet for storing cryptocurrency
Time magazine has sent a fleet of drones into the Californian sky to create a 100-metre-tall version of its cover, for a special report on unmanned aerial vehicles. More about Time magazine recreates iconic cover using 958 drones
Eindhoven University of Technology has announced plans to 3D print a series of concrete houses that will be made available to rent. More about Eindhoven to build "world's first" 3D-printed houses that people will live inside
Researchers at US university Carnegie Mellon have created a new electrically conductive material that can repair itself, presenting new opportunities for soft robotics and wearable technology. More about Self-healing material could be a breakthrough for humanoid robots
A glucose-rich paper touted as an "energy drink for bees" could help prevent the endangered insects dying of exhaustion as they search for flowers. More about Bee Saving Paper could bring the bee population back from the brink
Users can "play God" on Tellart's Terraform Table – a sandpit imagined as a vast aerial landscape of mountains, valleys, lakes and rivers. More about Tellart creates topographic sandpit table that lets you move mountains
Dezeen's new documentary Elevation on drones will be screened at festivals around the world including in Los Angeles, Prague, Pristina and Madrid. More about Dezeen's Elevation documentary to be screened at festivals around the world