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Read previous issues about the latest innovations in fashion and music, design and digital, film and life, to bring you the products and ideas that will change our world.
The Chemistry of Dance
Spectroscopic computer software reveals the invisible world of quantum mechanics.
Textiles Science and Fashion
The textiles of the future bring science and fashion together in unexpected ways.
Velodrome Engineering Wonder
London Olympics 2012 cycling venue is innovative, fan-friendly and fast.
Gene Therapy and Sea Urchin Code
Genetic sequence discovered in the sea urchin can be used for gene therapies.
Athletes Fight Fatigue
Nutrition experts have shown how carbohydrate drinks can improve performances.
Monitoring Olympic air-quality
CityScan technology will give us a 3D map of pollution levels in London Olympics
Curry Power
Turmeric spice has cancer-fighting properties and reduces chemotherapy side-effects.
Dyson Car Challenge
Could the Dyson engineers build cars with their vacuum cleaner spare parts?
Un-Printing
Laser printing technology can be used to vaporise toner and give you a clean sheet.
Thyme heals
Microbiology shows how the antibacterial action of herbs can be a cure for acne.
New Adaptive Robots
New robot technology is designed to act like humans in a variety of situations.
Evi knows what you want
New app can access millions of facts to answer all your questions directly.
Dance And Parkinson’s Disease
English National Ballet uses the Nutcracker dance to help people with Parkinson’s disease.
High speed light harvester
Studying energy transfer on extremely short timescales could improve solar energy.
Secrets of Regeneration
Studying how flatworms can regenerate can unlock some molecular mysteries.
Addiction: Nature or Nurture?
Studying the brain of non-addicted siblings could be the key to treating drug abuse.
Smarter Parking
Wireless parking patch can lead us directly to our parking space stress-free
Silver lining
Silver compounds could provide next generation cancer chemotherapy treatment.
Anti-allergy parasite
New research is showing a beneficial side effect of parasites for our health.
Pancreas protector
A tiny molecule might help protect the pancreas from deadly disease and cancer.
Pop hit detector
Web app is not a recipe for a pop hit but an innovative way to measure a hit potential.
Body Sensitive Cancer Treatment
A new cancer treatment could find and destroy only cancerous cells.
Cheaper Smarter phones
Powerful and energy efficient chip design can give us better phones that cost less
Sports Training Tool
Diagnostic software helps Olympic athletes decide how hard they need to trailn.
Light energy harvesting
Designing molecular circuitry based on photosynthesis captures solar energy.
Kitchen sink French
Learning a language while you cook is a tastier way to learn.
Clever cameras
Improving your camera’s interface helps you take better pictures.
Catalytic clothing
Science and fashion collaborate on clothes that clean up the environment.
Smart surveillance
Intelligent CCTV system can help identify and track suspicious behaviour faster
Super Broccoli
Beneforté is a new broccoli to fight heart disease and some forms of cancer.
Kick and click
Using kicking gestures is expanding ways we navigate our mobile phones.
Pico secure access
No passwords needed as small gadget could offer secure digital access.
Smartphone in Orbit
The first smartphone-controlled nanosatellite gets set for Space research.
3D printed plane
Laser technology is helping scientists create a commercially useful low cost unmanned airborne vehicle.
Transmitting Data With Light
Light Emitting Diodes are set to stream data in our homes at the speed of light.
Brain cell bank
Scientists are artificially growing brain cells from Parkinson's patients to find a treatment.
Energy for all seasons
A flexible, low cost polymer fibre generates electricity whatever the weather.
Life-Saving Frogs
Amphibian skin secretions can reveal amazing medicinal properties.
Dolphin Therapy
Rainbow money
In a Heartbeat
Restoring Speech
Using magnetic signals to recreate speech could be on the tip of your tongue.
Safer Mosquitoes
Changing the way DNA reproduces in wild mosquitoes can combat spread of malaria.
Visualising Landscape Changes
Smart app allows SketchUp users to walk through their 3D designs in real time.
Drumming Denim
Award winning design for a drum kit you can wear inside your jeans.
Sphere TV
An inflatable visual display system wows audiences.
Driverless bus
Catching a bus in the future could be as easy as stepping into a lift.
Virtual London
Fly from the Tower of London to Big Ben without leaving your desk.
The New Loo
Babybot talk
Sonic Enhanced Food
Bodypowered Sensors
Mutating Music Album
Electric Painting
See-through Soil
Shoes that Navigate
Pedal Power
Smarter Surfaces
Scream in Space

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