fun facts
Go inside the Great Pyramid of Giza.
An interactive and 3D tour of the, “only Wonder of the Ancient World that’s still standing.” | learn more
Tag: 3d
thoughts of food
Lab-grown rib-eye is now a thing
“A little over two years after Israel-based start-up Aleph Farms unveiled the world’s first lab-grown steak, the company has now revealed a much more complex, thick-cut rib-eye steak. Cultivated using a novel 3D bioprinting technology, the company suggests it now […]
fun facts
Building ages in the Netherlands
All 10 million or so buildings in the Netherlands mapped in 3D and color-coded by age. | learn more
oh, chicago
Chicago gets world’s largest permanent digital art installation.
The exhibit on the Merchandise Mart called Art on the Mart, “uses 3D architectural mapping to display art via 1 million lumens on the building’s massive facade.” | learn more
under the microscope
Stem cells can now grow in 3D.
Until now, researchers and doctors had to grow programmed stem cells on 2D surfaces. This means they needed a lot of space. Now, Stanford researchers have figured out how to do this in 3D with a special polymer-based gel, reducing […]
under the microscope
Qualcomm’s latest tech can bring AR to all smartphones.
There’s a great demo video here of the latest Snapdragon mobile processor paired with an “active depth sensing” sensor package. Soon, phones will be able to build 3D models of the environment on the fly. | learn more
retail therapy
Amazon patents on-demand clothing.
Last week we learned about 3D knitting enabling real-time creation of clothing. This week Amazon makes the news with its patent around on-demand clothing manufacturing. From the patent: “By aggregating orders from various geographic locations and coordinating apparel assembly processes […]