A new prototype of a knitting machine creates solid, knitted shapes, adding stitches in any direction—forward, backward and ...

A team from Cornell and Carnegie Mellon has created a knitting machine that constructs solid 3D shapes by adding stitches in ...

A team of engineers at North Carolina State University has designed a polymer “Chinese lantern” that can rapidly snap into multiple stable 3D shapes—including a lantern, a spinning top, and more—by ...

Once the stuff of science fiction, 3D printers are now mainstream tools for creation and innovation. These devices, which transform digital blueprints into physical objects, have dramatically evolved ...

“If you’ve heard of minimalist design, it’s the opposite,” Hopp says of maximalism. Maximalist interiors often emulate the richer parts of life. It’s a design style rooted in a more-is-more philosophy ...

Human development is influenced by, but not entirely determined by, our parents and our genes. Children may have very different personalities, and different strengths and weaknesses, than the ...

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The autumn light has started to soften, and the days have drawn in — October feels like a turning point. This year, I'm determined not to allow the shift in the seasons to drag me down — this year, ...