To turn a 2D shape to 3D model, the user needs to first recognize the 3D qualities of an image and analyze how the object would look like in real life.

Professor Ho-Young Kim, the study’s co-author, said: ‘Building upon our current findings, we are now working on technologies that will allow the liquid robot to change shape freely using sound ...

Researchers have uncovered how primate brains transform flat, 2D visual inputs into rich, 3D mental representations of ...

In a blog post and papers, Facebook highlights a pair of AI models that can convert 2D objects into 3D shapes with high accuracy.

This KS1 maths article explains how two dimensional shapes are completely flat with sides and corners.

Electriflow takes advantage of several different pouch shapes to create origami-like folds in flat plastic sheets. And it’s fast: Purnendu’s insects can beat their wings at a top speed of about 25 ...

It may seem straight out of "Star Trek," but it's real: Scientists have created a sonic "tractor beam" that can pull, push and pirouette objects that levitate in thin air. The sonic tractor beam ...

Powerful, carefully controlled sound waves could be used to control objects without having to touch them at all–even inside the human body. This video shows a real live tractor beam in action ...

A new AI technology will allow people to capture 3D photos of real-life objects and edit their shapes and appearance ...

UC Berkeley Inspired by Star Trek ’s “replicator,” a machine capable of synthesizing objects on demand, researchers from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) and the University of ...