Plastic bottles recycled into Parkinson’s drug using bacteria
University of Edinburgh researchers have used bacteria to turn plastic waste into a Parkinson’s drug, advancing a new…
Quartz ring proves its wearer is human in the age of AI
As an antidote to deepfake scams, design studios Modem and Retinaa have devised a concept for a ring…
Architects among professions most automatable by AI
A study by AI company Anthropic has found that much work done by architects and engineers could be…
Infinix debuts Pininfarina-designed Note 60 Ultra phone
Italian design studio Pininfarina has channelled its expertise in sports cars into the design of its first phone,…
MIT designs concrete interior components to last “1,000 years”
Researchers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology have unveiled the Heirloom House project, a series of nine structural-concrete components…
Nothing goes pink with reveal of new Phone (4a)
British company Nothing has revealed the design of its latest phone, the (4a), including a new pink variation…
“Scent-memory machine” turns photographs into custom fragrances
MIT Media Lab has developed a prototype that uses generative AI to interpret and distil the contents of…
Home designed by humanoid robot goes on display in Denmark
Aidan Meller and his AI-powered creation Ai-Da are exhibiting what they believe to be the first building concept…
The Clicks Communicator phone is made specifically for messaging
UK-based company Clicks Technology has followed up its Blackberry-like keyboard accessory for smartphones with the Clicks Communicator, a…
Eight actually interesting uses of AI from 2025
It might have been the year of AI “slop”, but 2025 also saw the emergence of some genuinely…
Nothing launches “understated, confident” Phone (3a) Lite
Promotion: British tech company Nothing has launched Phone (3a) Lite, an affordably priced smartphone created to make the…
Nothing launches Ear (3) headphones with “Super Mic” for calls
Promotion: eight different microphones, bone-conducting technology, and AI-powered noise cancellation come together in the latest wireless headphones by…