For the 50th anniversary of Helvetica (yes, the font!) design collectives, Candy and Blanka of the UK, have commissioned a series of 50 prints- each by a different design studio, and each commemorating a year of the sans-serif’s life. Currently on view at London’s Design Museum, the... View full entry

Five years after the concept was first proposed, the so-called $100 laptop is poised to go into mass production. BBC | wbur.org (listen} View full entry

Two vibrating rings which can guide the wearer around a city via global positioning satellite (GPS) have been unveiled by a British designer at the Royal College of Art. BBC View full entry

“The objects we purchase from purveyors of digital technology are conceived only up to the point of sale; the inevitable nicks, scratches, weathering, and fading they will encounter is not factored in at all. The result is that as they see more use, their ignorance may recede, but they wear... View full entry

Ten weeks of role-playing led to a design to help the wheelchair-bound at the gym. That design earned Business Week's IDEA Best in Show award. Business Week | Slideshow View full entry

A report from the Darpa Grand Challenge, a Pentagon contest for inventors to come up with self-driving vehicles - and the ideas are already starting to be used in today's cars. BBC View full entry

The remarkable adhesive abilities of geckos and mussels have been combined to create a super-sticky material. BBC View full entry

Yesterday MIT Professor Dava Newman unveiled the BioSuit, a skintight, next-generation space suit prototype that she and a team of researchers have spent seven years developing. MSNBC | National Geographic View full entry

You can't do green design without green materials, and material innovations tend to come from chemists. Chemists also produce many products in their own right: paints, adhesives, cleaning products, whole industries. So what are chemists doing to save the world? WorldChanging View full entry

AMO, the think-tank of the Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA) has completed the newest component of the Prada.com website - an online auction,of exclusive collectible pieces by the Prada fashion house. via edgargonzalez.com (spanish) View full entry

Why is the Prius so successful? One answer may be that the Prius has become, in a sense, the four-wheel equivalent of those popular rubber “issue bracelets” in yellow and other colors — it shows the world that its owner cares. NYT View full entry

Because of the global warming, nuclear enrgy is hot again. Its promise of abundant, carbon emissions-free power is being pushed by the president and newly considered by environmentalists. AP/yahoo View full entry

David Pogues gives a humorous preview to the functions of this apparatus. NYT | Video | Previous View full entry

Eben Bayer grew up on a farm in Vermont learning the intricacies of mushroom harvesting with his father. Now the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute graduate is using that experience to create an organic insulation made from mushrooms. physorg.com View full entry

A wake-up call is shaking up the aerospace industry on environmental concerns as manufacturers scramble to devise ways to achieve a greener footprint. Among other changes, manufacturers are looking into eco-Design, considering cradle-to-grave aircraft issues. Aviation Week | NPR View full entry