A new open-source tool is reshaping how engineers design multi-material objects. Charles Wade, a Ph.D. student in the ...

Charles Wade, a PhD student in computer science at the University of Colorado Boulder, has developed OpenVCAD, a design ...

The line between computers and reality has been blurred. We have murders committed because of World of Warcraft, Second Life romances (an activity normally reserved for the three dimensional world), ...

Remember how hot at-home 3D printers where for a period of time? They’re still great to have if you’re a designer and you need to prototype things, but the shine has definitely worn off over the past ...

Google has released a new app that will make it much easier to create that VR experience you've whipped up in your head -- and it won't cost you a single cent. The big G's "Blocks," now out for the ...

Remember Etch A Sketch? Created by a French inventor in the late 1950s in his basement, but sold through the Ohio Art Company, it kept thousand of kids and adults entertained for decades, event today.

If you've ever wanted to put virtual things in a magic box on your desk, this is your chance. I started with CNET reviewing laptops in 2009. Now I explore wearable tech, VR/AR, tablets, gaming and ...

Platforms like Figma have changed the game when it comes to how creatives and other stakeholders in the production and product team conceive and iterate around two-dimensional designs. Now, a company ...

The making of parts and products using a computer-driven, additive process, one layer at a time. 3D printing builds parts out of plastic, metal and other materials directly from CAD drawings that have ...

When we see a hand, regardless of whether it's open, in a fist, or pointing a finger, we still recognize it as a hand. If a computer has only been taught to recognize an open hand, however, it will ...