Discover 2D and 3D shapes in this fun interactive BBC Bitesize Reception guide.

Learn how to spot 2D and 3D shapes in the world around you with this lesson for children aged 5 to 7 from BBC Bitesize - The Regenerators.

In a 2D the answer is two, and a 3D space can be tiled in shapes that have no corners at all, called soft cells. These shapes can be made in a few different ways, and some are shown here.

Technology Robots These 2D machines can shapeshift into moving 3D robots Mori3's triangular, modular design allows it to fuse with its companions, and could one day make it into space. By Andrew Paul ...

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 ...

Programming thin sheets, or 2D materials, to morph into 3D shapes can enable new technologies for soft robotics, deployable systems, and biomimetic manufacturing, which produces synthetic products ...

By 2017, Yao and Wang were producing edible 2D films of protein, cellulose, or starch. The films morphed into 3D shapes as they absorbed water such as pasta shapes (macaroni and rotini in this ...