Jim WestonIn pictures: Future Projects Awards 2017bbc.co.uk - BBC NewsThe winners of the 2017 Architectural Review MIPIM Future Projects Awards have been announced, with this year's prizes going to projects from eight countries across 11 categories.
Jim WestonHow Ikea's Billy bookcase took over the worldbbc.co.uk - By Tim HarfordThe Billy bookcase is perhaps the archetypal Ikea product. It was dreamed up in 1978 by an Ikea designer called Gillis Lundgren who sketched it on the back of a napkin, worried that he would forget it. Now there are 60-odd million in the world, nearly one for every 100 people - not bad for a humble …
Jim WestonCould Vader Systems Transform Metal 3D Printing?all3dp.com - Hanna WatkinCould Vader Systems Transform Metal 3D Printing? Vader Systems is a start-up run by a family. Together they'e invented a liquid metal 3d printer which …
Jim WestonTesting the 'go anywhere' electric bikebbc.co.ukAn electric bike that promises to be able to cope with almost any terrain is on show at the CES tech show in Las Vegas. Dave Lee put it to the test and checked out some of the expo's other personal transport innovations. Follow all our CES coverage at bbc.co.uk/ces2017
Jim WestonClothes-folding robot readies for launchbbc.co.ukCES 2017: Clothes-folding Laundroid robot readies for launch CES 2017: Clothes-folding Laundroid robot readies for launchClose A clothes-folding robot that has been in development for more than a decade is about to go on sale. Chris Foxx caught up with the project's founder at the CES tech show in Las …
Jim Weston3D printouts used to rebuild bike crash victim's facebbc.co.uk - BBC NewsA man who lost part of his face in a cycling accident has had his jaw rebuilt with the help of a 3D printer. George Boden, from High Easter, near Chelmsford, Essex, was riding his bike in 2011 when he crashed face-first. Surgeons took bone from his shoulder and a titanium plate to make a new jaw, but …