Three-dimensional printing has come a long way since the first 'rapid prototyping' patent was rejected in 1980. We've evolved from basic designs to a wide range of highly-customizable objects. Still, ...

Imagine you’re in IKEA, looking for a plastic kitchen stool. You find one, but—darn—it’s turquoise, which just doesn’t match your home color scheme. No problem. You tell a salesperson, who pushes a ...

Although we've seen color-changing coatings before, they generally just switch between two solid colors. MIT scientists have developed a new system, however, that allows coated objects to take on ...

Researchers have developed a 'coloring-by-shrinking' method to print arbitrary 3D microscopic objects exhibiting structural colors. The design consisted of woodpile photonic crystals with varying ...

The ProDesk3D by BotObjects has been one of the most controversial 3D printer products over the past few years. Built by a small firm in London and purported to print in full color – albeit only in ...

Apple is working on new stylus sensor technology that can sample colors from external objects, possibly as a feature for a future Apple Pencil. Current Apple Pencil models already use sensors to ...

Visual perception is inherently constructive and creative in nature, and frequently, additional assumptions and constraints are necessarily involved in generating a specific visual sensation 1. Color ...

Russian scientist have determined that dogs are able to see a limited range of color as well as identify specific colored objects, once again shutting down the myth that they can only see in black and ...

Robots have got pretty good at picking up objects. But give them something shiny or clear, and the poor droids will likely lose their grip. Not ideal if you want a kitchen robot that can slice you a ...

The OnePlus 8 Pro was launched with a quad-camera setup on the rear with the fourth lens being an odd color filter camera that most people wouldn’t be familiar with. Usually, brands opt for a depth ...

New full-color images of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS capture a rare visitor in vivid detail just days before it makes its ...