Innovations

From housing to businesses and a municipal swimming pool, this battery is slowly changing the game for Finland's district heating.

When a tree falls in a city, it is heard — and (re)used.

The devices can be controlled with a simple head gesture or by blinking.

It's still in development stage, but it's pretty impressive.

These dissolvable devices ‘tag’ organs to monitor abnormal activity.

Wooden turbines could help eliminate the carbon emissions coming from steel production.

Using a vast amount of data, the model can learn through observation.

"It's frankly absurd that our job even exists. We shouldn't live in a world where coral restoration's necessary."

Robots are now also skilled at bricklaying.

Touchscreen who?

Architectural preservation is in its 3D mapping era. 💅

From space homes to building in war zones, 3D printing pushed the limits this year.

Portugal's plans for the future are even more ambitious.

The human body generates all sorts of sounds that can give out information about our health.

If people in Iceland could hear the seismic activity beneath their feet, it would sound like this.

Satellite images and newly discovered historic photographs show a dramatic loss of ice over the last century.

Peek inside the 'classrom in the sky' training eyecare professionals across the world.

We’re not sure about Mars, but there may soon be life on the moon.

As rising ocean temperatures lead to coral bleaching, projects like this can bring a level of resilience to marine life.

The iconic performance venue was the first major building project to use computer analytics.

Flood Hub is free and and can help people adapting to the changing climate.

Taking the guesswork out.

Peek at the micro cosmos that makes and breaks us.

Meet the architects igniting a green city revolution.

This minuscule device could change the future of organ transplants.