A set of mysterious grooves on a cave floor in France has turned out to be far more than abstract art. Archaeologists now ...

With the GlobalBuildingAtlas, a research team at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) has created the first high-resolution 3D map of all buildings worldwide. The open data provides a crucial ...

Well, here's something you don't see every day: all 2.75 billion buildings of the world shown together in a single 3D map. Reading time 3 minutes The world has a lot of buildings. Now you can see them ...

On a walk through a forest, you might spot lots of trees, flowers and even animals along the way. But what would you do if you saw a robot dog? Many people like to walk their dogs in the forest, but ...

Researchers are deploying a four-legged "robot dog" to European forests, walking it through leaves and uneven terrain to create 3D maps of the area as part of efforts to make forestry more sustainable ...

Back in May 2025, Jacob Harris was half-asleep in bed at his East Vancouver home when a big idea hit him. Earlier in the week, his partner Karoline Moore had brought home lino printing supplies from a ...

When self-driving taxi company Waymo announced plans last month to launch its service in New Orleans in 2026, the news drew cheers from economic development executives, technophiles and local tourism ...

A growing visual trend on social media is turning regular photos into glossy, cartoon-styled 3D caricatures. This format, marked by oversized heads, expressive features and smooth surfaces, is gaining ...

Scientists have produced the most detailed 3D map of almost all buildings in the world. The map, called GlobalBuildingAtlas, combines satellite imagery and machine learning to generate 3D models for ...

What if creating high-quality 3D models no longer required expensive software, specialized hardware, or years of expertise? Enter Meta’s SAM 3D, an open source AI tool that promises to provide ...

Color gradient filament is fun stuff to play with. It lets you make 3D prints that slowly fade from one color to another along the Z-axis. [David Gozzard] wanted to do some printing with this effect, ...