Never mind 3D-printing organs -- the real dream is to make the tissue itself bend to your will, and UCSF scientists have managed just that. They've discovered that they can 'hack' special cells ...

Some 3D shapes, like cubes and ... A net has to be able to fold up into the 3D shape. All of the following shapes are nets of a cube. Nets of a cube. Image gallery Skip image gallery. Image caption, ...

Paul McEuen, a physicist at Cornell University, has folded graphene sheets into different shapes and cut it in strategic places to make flexible, foldable 3D "Kirigami" structures.

This smart algorithm not only manages to fold any 3D shape out of a piece of paper -- but does so with the minimal amount of seams. Skip to main content. Menu Digital Trends ...

Folding PaperFold into the shape of a 3D building on the map will pick up a Google SketchUp model of the building and turn the device into an architectural model that can be 3D printed.

However this technique lets fully 3D objects to spring forth from a piece of plastic. This means you can make something like a wild 3D dress out of metal or a car piece out of plastic with a few ...