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Anouk Wipprecht's Pseudomorph dress, with a neckpiece filled with 550ml of ink that decorates the dress when released
Deep Space Industries has announced a fleet of asteroid-prospecting spacecraft, utilising low-cost cubesat components, that will be launched into the solar system to hunt for resources to accelerate space development
The Hub01 modular and mobile student housing prototype, developed for KatHO Catholic University in Belgium
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