Global Scans · Design · Weekly Summary

WHAT'S NEXT?: Design thinking will increasingly play a key role in improving systems and customer experiences. Companies will re-learn their approach to innovation and embrace human-centred design principles. Designers will begin to apply knowledge of human interaction, specifically in the area of how we earn trust and respect, to AI systems.

• [New] The upcoming flight will debut the next generation Starship and Super Heavy vehicles, powered by the next evolution of the Raptor engine and launching from a newly designed pad at Starbase. NextBigFuture.com
• [New] Eva Cab will feature a Quantum-level AI EEA 4.0 architecture, integrating Nvidia's SuperChip and ThorU, along with a Qualcomm Snapdragon 8797. Gasgoo Auto News
• [New] MR analysis, demand for generative design software and services is estimated to grow to USD 0.4 billion in 2026 and USD 2.9 billion by 2036. FactMr
• [New] SpaceX, Blue Origin, Sierra Space, and others no longer act only as contractors implementing U.S. government plans, but are designing constellations, vehicles, habitats, and services that shape global access to space. Belfer Center
• [New] AI adoption in commercial buildings could reduce energy use by 8-19% by 2050, with up to a 40% reduction combined with aggressive policy, through applications across equipment efficiency, occupancy optimization, and building controls. California Climate Briefs
• [New] AI might lead to a quality boom in art in the coming decades. LinkedIn
• [New] The PCC reforms are designed to underpin the new UK captive insurance regime scheduled to launch in summer 2027. Clifford Chance
• [New] Instead of a waterfall rollout that could take years to reach stores, Australia Post adopted a cloud-native, composable POS platform designed to scale across thousands of stores with proven agility to deliver new features rapidly and continuously. OneView Commerce, Inc.
• [New] Under new European Union plans, citizens are expected to be able to store official documents directly on their mobile phones from 2027 through a new digital identity system known as the EUDI Wallet. Euro Weekly News
• [New] Generative AI Circular Design Optimization: Generative AI applied upstream to product design represents a USD 12 billion platform opportunity by 2030. evolvancemarketresearch.com
• [New] Circular design optimization using generative AI represents a USD 12 billion platform opportunity by 2030. evolvancemarketresearch.com
• [New] Australia should design its security architecture around diverse, independently maintained analytical frameworks focused on the distinctions that carry the highest consequences, rather than pursuing the comprehensive awareness that complexity will always outpace. The Strategist
• [New] The American Heart Association PREVENT equations are designed to estimate cardiovascular disease risk based on cardiovascular, kidney and metabolic health factors. professional.heart.org
• [New] To help scientists design more predictable circuits, researchers from MIT and Lincoln Laboratory developed a technique to measure a property that can unexpectedly cause a superconducting quantum circuit to deviate from its expected behaviour. MIT News | Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• [New] Using a new technique that can create vacancies at any site across a material and then shrink it to about 1/2,000 of its original volume, MIT researchers have designed nanotechnology devices that could be used for optical computing and other applications involving the manipulation of visible light. MIT News | Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• [New] The Orion capsule will have an updated heat shield design that NASA says will reduce some of the risk involved in reentering the atmosphere. Scientific American
• [New] The Canvas cyber security incident should push schools to treat LMS security as identity security, API security, third-party risk, and continuity planning at the same time. Penligent Security Blog - AI-Driven Hacking Tutorials,
• [New] Retail brands scrape Instagram to predict fashion trends a season out. Scrap.io
• [New] Organizations including Deutsche Telekom, BBVA, Telefonica, Sophos, and Scalable Capital will gain access to models such as GPT-5.5 - Cyber with safeguards designed for defensive security work. MarketingProfs
• [New] The UAE has invested heavily in resilient infrastructure and digital systems designed to keep economic activity functioning even during external disruptions. Masdarcityfreezone.com
• [New] Sweden should co-finance and participate in a pilot auction for synthetic aviation fuel within the European Commission's e-SAF Early Movers Coalition, a double-sided auction designed to match producers with buyers and reduce investment risk. JD Supra

Last updated: 25 May 2026