length width depth 3D shapes have different properties to 2D shapes. Faces - A face is a flat surface on a 3D shape. Edges - An edge is where two faces meet. For example a cube has 12 edges.

To solve a shape selection problem, they devised shape-guiding modules in 2D material programming that steer the direction of shape morphing toward targeted 3D shapes.

One of the works spotlighted is Mesh R-CNN, a method that’s able to predict three-dimensional shapes from images of cluttered and occluded objects. Above: Mesh R-CNN converts 2D objects to 3D ...

But in 3D, these curvy, almost organic forms have no corners at all. Once the researchers identified the new shapes, they began to see them all over the place—in nature, art and architecture.

The Grade 5 maths class of Crossroads School got into shape recently when they built robots using all the new shapes they had learnt about in class. In this grade, learners expand their knowledge of ...

A quartet of mathematicians from Yorkshire University, the University of Cambridge, the University of Waterloo and the University of Arkansas has discovered a 2D geometric shape that does not ...

Laser powder bed fusion, a 3D-printing technique, offers potential in the manufacturing industry, particularly when fabricating nickel-titanium shape memory alloys with complex geometries ...