AI tools are being prepared for the physical world

Give the tool a prompt—an image, say, or a brief snippet of text—and it will generate an interactive world for the user to ...

Lee's Summit man uses scientific background to create unique, 3D art inspired by Kansas City

This Lee's Summit man blends his knowledge of computers and science with 3D printing and woodworking to create his unique ...
CIO

How Chaos accelerates 3D visualization workflows with AI

In this episode of DEMO, Keith Shaw speaks with Roderick Bates, Head of Product Operations at Chaos, about how the company is ...

These fifth graders vibe coded a real-world Braille tool — and wowed their Microsoft teacher

The students in a computer science class at the Global Idea School, an independent, non-profit elementary school in Redmond, ...
CNET

Going to Watch Project Hail Mary? Take This Little 3D Printed Spaceman With You

You can download and 3D print the little spaceman from Project Hail Mary, and it's inspiring, like the movie itself. James has been writing about technology for years ...
Business Insider

Some elite AI researchers say language is limiting. Here's the new kind of model they are building instead.

Top AI researchers like Fei-Fei Li and Yann LeCun are thinking about AI beyond LLMs. At World Labs, Li is focused on building world models. LeCun is building them at his new startup. World models ...
Science Daily

This new 3D chip could break AI’s biggest bottleneck

Researchers have created a new kind of 3D computer chip that stacks memory and computing elements vertically, dramatically speeding up how data moves inside the chip. Unlike traditional flat designs, ...
IEEE

Efficient Scene Modeling via Structure-Aware and Region-Prioritized 3D Gaussians

Abstract: Reconstructing 3D scenes with high fidelity and efficiency remains a central pursuit in computer vision and graphics. Recent advances in 3D Gaussian Splatting (3DGS) enable photorealistic ...
Geeky Gadgets

Turn Any Photo into a 3D Model with SAM 3D : From One Snapshot to Shareable Mesh

Imagine snapping a photo of your favorite object, a vintage car, a family heirloom, or even your pet, and instantly transforming it into a lifelike 3D model. Thanks to Meta’s SAM 3D, this futuristic ...
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Adaptive Anatomy: 3D Models That Fit Every Form

Digital modeling is one of the most widely used tools for bringing bodies to life in 3D. Created from thousands of everyday images and videos, 3D generative models employ artificial intelligence to ...
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3D Chip Breakthrough to Accelerate AI

Engineers at Carnegie Mellon University, Stanford University, University of Pennsylvania, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have collaborated with SkyWater Technology, the largest ...
Phys.org

First-of-its-kind 3D model lets you explore Easter Island statues up close

Located in the middle of the South Pacific, thousands of miles from the nearest continent, Easter Island (Rapa Nui) is one of the most remote inhabited places on Earth. To visit it and marvel at the ...