2D shapes can be found printed in a book or you can draw them on a piece of paper. 2D shapes have sides and corners ... A circle is not a polygon because it doesn’t have straight sides.

An Apple patent (number 20120268410) for generating 3D objects based on 2D objects has appeared at the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office. Could this involve a 3D printer -- or, at least, 3D printer ...

Mesh R-CNN converts 2D shapes to 3D objects. Image Credit: Facebook. Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage.

For example, if the solution were only applied to the edges, only they would shrink when heated, and the disc would form a bowl-shaped object. But more complex “chemical origami” would need an ...