We’ve often thought that 3D printers make excellent school projects. No matter what a student’s interests are: art, software, ...

A research team has developed a neural network-based approach to automatically generate realistic 3D models of plant leaves—each labeled with precise ...

Polygons play an essential role in 3D modeling, allowing the design of complex objects with great precision. Learn all about ...

Shape-from-shading (SFS) is a computer vision technique that draws upon light and shadow patterns to reconstruct an object's ...

In science and engineering, it's unusual for innovation to come in one fell swoop. It's more often a painstaking plod through ...

A team of engineers at North Carolina State University has designed a polymer “Chinese lantern” that can rapidly snap into ...

A new kind of shape-shifting material can twist, bend, and snap into more than a dozen three-dimensional forms—no motors or ...

Bicycle manufacturer Berria Bike, alongside 3D printing service Mausa 3D, has created an e-bike prototype using MJF.

The material has a unique lattice shape that allows it to twist into itself to effectively protect against a range of impact ...

EPFL scientists have created a breakthrough 3D printing method that uses hydrogels as templates to produce ultra-dense, ...

Researchers have created a polymer "Chinese lantern" that can snap into more than a dozen curved, three-dimensional shapes by ...

A collaboration between the University of Michigan and AFRL has resulted in 3D-printed metamaterials that can block vibrations using complex geometries. Inspired by nature and theoretical physics, ...