3D shapes can be made from 2D shapes called nets. Watch the video to learn how 3D shapes, such as a cube, can be created from nets, an arrangement of 2D shapes. Let's talk about nets. More ...

The new technique enables the generation of sharper, more lifelike 3D shapes — like these robotic bees — without the need to retrain or finetune a generative AI model. CAMBRIDGE, MA – Creating ...

Gauging the properties of 2D and 3D shapes in space sets children up for finding their way around their world, says Julie Mountain and Felicity Robinson Creative mathematical skills are used in den ...

M IT engineers are developing an AI model that can operate CAD software the same way a human designer does. The system takes ...

Shapes are everywhere. If you look around, you may be able to see circles, squares and even triangles in the furniture or the flooring. If you step outside, into a garden, park or even the grounds at ...

How few corners can a shape have and still tile the plane?” mathematician Gábor Domokos asked me over pizza. His deceptively simple question was about the geometry of tilings, also called ...

Flat-pack furniture is commonplace, and flat-pack pasta might be one day too. Wen Wang of Carnegie Mellon University in Pennsylvania and her colleagues have developed edible 2D pasta that swells into ...