For his project with Silicon Valley start-up Rythm, industrial designer Yves Behar had to make a computer comfortable enough for restless sleepers to wear on their heads overnight. More about Yves Behar looks to loungewear for design of sleep-aiding Dreem headband
Dutch company SunGlacier's off-grid Desert Twins harvester can collect water in the hottest and driest of environments. More about Sunglacier harnesses solar power to harvest water in Mali's Sahara Desert
Italian architect Carlo Ratti has transformed a Turin building into an office space with a personalised "environmental bubble" for every worker. More about Carlo Ratti reveals Office 3.0 workspace that promises to end "thermostat wars"
US furniture brand Herman Miller has teamed up with designer Yves Behar on a range of intelligent, networked office furniture called Live OS, which launched at NeoCon this week. More about Herman Miller and Yves Behar's smart desks tell employees when they've been sitting too long
The movements of visitors navigating this installation, by architects Herzog & de Meuron and artist Ai Weiwei, are tracked by drones and played back to them – in a comment on surveillance in public spaces. More about Drones stalk visitors to Herzog & de Meuron and Ai Weiwei's Park Avenue Armory installation
These responsive leggings by tech brand Wearable X use gentle pulses to give instant feedback to the wearer on their yoga postures. More about Smart leggings by Wearable X vibrate to correct imperfect yoga poses
A robotic arm writes repeated promises not to hurt humans in artist Filipe Vilas-Boas and architect Paul Coudamy's installation The Punishment. More about Robot ordered to write lines as punishment for crime it hasn't committed yet
Airbnb has harnessed its vast network of short-term home rentals to create a new platform providing housing for refugees. More about Airbnb launches Open Homes refugee housing platform
Michelle Obama has warned Apple that it will miss out on a major market if it doesn't hire more women, during a speech at the company's Worldwide Developers Conference. More about Make room for more women at the table, Michelle Obama tells Apple
Apple is targeting distracted motorists with a new feature that will automatically block incoming iPhone notifications while you drive. More about Apple iOS 11 will automatically lock down your phone while you're driving
Kids can mould working musical instruments and robots using Technology Will Save Us' new interactive learning kits based on conductive dough. More about Latest STEM learning kits for kids combine technology and play dough
Climeworks has opened a groundbreaking plant in Switzerland where carbon dioxide is sucked from the air before being resold. More about The world's first commercial carbon-capture plant opens in Switzerland
Researchers from MIT's Media Lab have developed a tattoo ink that changes colour according to varying glucose and pH levels inside the body. More about MIT researchers develop tattoo inks that could act as health trackers
BMW has revealed a concept car favouring style over technology, which will provide design cues for the German brand's next top-of-the-line vehicle. More about BMW unveils Concept 8 Series coupe designed as a "driver's car"
BMW Motorrad's latest concept vehicle is a zero-emissions scooter that would make it easier for riders to get around cities. More about BMW aims to "reinvent urban mobility" with connected scooter concept
Researchers at MIT's Tangible Media Group have brought the ethos of flat-packing to food, creating pasta shapes that go from two-dimensional to three-dimensional when dunked in water. More about MIT researchers create flat-pack food that takes shape in water
Using a pen or paintbrush, this small WiFi-connected robot arm is able to recreate on paper, whatever you draw on a touchscreen device. More about Affordable robot drawing arm brings computer sketches to life on paper
Skateboards, Snapchat Spectacles, an early Gay Pride flag and a self-driving car sit side by side in a new Design Museum exhibition that explores how California has become the new centre of the design industry. More about "Designed in California" is the new "made in Italy" according to Design Museum exhibition
A skyscraper 3D prints modular homes and dispenses them like a vending machine in the latest instalment of our Dezeen x MINI Living Initiative video series. More about Pod Vending Machine concept by Haseef Rafiei tackles housing demand by printing modular homes
As automation places millions of us at risk of losing our jobs, now is the time to rethink how humans and robots will coexist on this planet, says designer Madeline Gannon in this Opinion column. More about "How do you avoid a robot apocalypse?"