industrial design

A friendly, autonomous robot that delivers your food

A circular economy for salt that keeps rivers clean

Why the pencil is perfect

The future we're building -- and boring

How prefab homes can transform affordable housing

How AI can bring on a second Industrial Revolution

The next manufacturing revolution is here

Shape-shifting tech will change work as we know it

Why great architecture should tell a story

4 ways we can avoid a catastrophic drought

Your kids might live on Mars. Here's how they'll survive

Micro-power plants to bring electricity to millions

How synchronized hammer strikes could generate nuclear fusion

My life in typefaces

A 3D-printed jumbo jet?

The emergence of "4D printing"

A "self-healing" asphalt

Energy from floating algae pods

How to air-condition outdoor spaces

A 40-year plan for energy

The electric rise and fall of Nikola Tesla

Beautiful artificial limbs

The world's smallest 3D printer

The magnificence of spider silk

Breakthrough designs for ultra-low-cost products

Architecture that repairs itself?

We need to feed the whole world

Simple designs to save a life

The real future of space exploration

Design is in the details

Organic design, inspired by nature

Toys and materials from the future

Great cars are great art

To invent is to give