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February 17, 2021

Could objects designed by robots change the world?

"A change as significant as the industrial revolution”


Freya Pratty

4 min read

A rocket engine designed by Hyperganic.

Normally, objects are designed by a person who then creates a machine to mass produce that object. But what if, as well as producing it, machines themselves designed the object? 

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Lin Kayser, founder and CEO of Hyperganics.
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Hyperganic
A bike helmet designed by Hyperganic.
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A bike helmet designed by Hyperganics.
Final product: a bike helmet designed by Hyperganic.

Freya Pratty

Freya Pratty is Sifted's associate editor. She covers UK tech and leads Sifted's investigations. Follow her on X , LinkedIn and Bluesky

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