Government pledges £30 million to driverless car competition
Teams will compete to win a share of the Government’s Intelligent Mobility Fund and research and develop their driverless car schemes
Wimbledon 130th birthday posters, by Deuce Studio
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The new 3D-printed wheelchair which can be customised to suit user’s needs
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Nokia makes £133 million move into wearables and connected home products
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Bloom redesigns Drench for the over-30s
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Surgeons can use this 3D-printing pen to “draw” people new hip joints
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£37 million Chester Storyhouse designed as “modern civic space”
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Hennessy cognac packaging, by Appartement 103 and Peter Saville
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RAF Museum makes £23 million design investment
MET Studio Design and Kossmann.Dejong are working on permanent exhibitions at the museum’s London, Hendon site, which is being re-landscaped.
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Field has created the Spectra-3 light sculpture, which is set to premiere at the Lumiere London festival, which runs from 14-17 January. Spectra-3 is a 3m-tall sculpture surrounded by animated
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