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…
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…
Punkt launches privacy-focused MC03 smartphone
Swiss technology company Punkt has launched a privacy-focused smartphone at this year’s Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas,…
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…
AI questions “what other qualities we have as designers” say Front founders
Front‘s Sofia Lagerkvist and Anna Lindgren are exploring whether AI could replace the designer. In this interview, the…