The latest edition of our weekly Dezeen Agenda newsletter features a robotic hand exoskeleton designed to assist expert pianists. Subscribe to Dezeen Agenda now.
Japanese researcher Shinichi Furuya and his team at Sony Computer Science Laboratories in Tokyo created the robotic exoskeleton they believe could benefit e-sports, surgery, and handicrafts. The exoskeleton can autonomously move the wearer’s fingers through a motor located at the base of each digit.
Heatherwick Studio designs “ribbon-like” riverfront park in Kentucky
This week’s newsletter also featured a “ribbon-like” riverfront park in Kentucky by Heatherwick Studio, an executive order to end the federal use of paper straws and an interview with Japanese designer Naoto Fukasawa.
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