The net of a 3D shape is what a shape looks like when opened into a 2D shape. The net can help to show the areas of each face that make up the surface area of a shape. The same units are needed for ...

Computer scientists from the University of Bristol have devised a machine that generates floating 3D shapes that you can feel, but can't see. The possibilities that such a technology would enable for ...

3D printers build objects by cross-section, one layer at a time from the ground up—gravity is the limiting factor. But what if it wasn’t? Using proprietary 3D printing materials, Petr Novikov and Saša ...