A net has to be able to fold up into the 3D shape. All of the following shapes are nets of a cube.

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3D-printed lattice-like composites can be designed to detect their own strain, load and damage, according to the University of Glasgow. Crucially, the team has a complete theoretical model of the ...

Additive manufacturing or 3D printing enables the fabrication of complex parts from functional or biological materials. Conventional 3D printing can be a slow process, where objects are constructed ...

The process from Dartmouth College, New Hampshire, thermally changes the arrangement of molecular rings on a chemical chain to create 3D printable gels with various functional properties. Described by ...

In 2013, U.S. President Barack Obama declared that 3D printing holds “the potential to revolutionize the way we make almost everything.” But for the average person, when 3D printed objects come to ...

Earlier this month, I detailed my experience with Apple’s new Object Capture API, which was introduced with macOS Monterey to let users create 3D models using the iPhone camera. Now developer Ethan ...

The first metal thingamajig ever 3D printed in space has landed on Earth, where European Space Agency (ESA) scientists are now studying it. In a press release, the ESA announced that the object — a ...