Machine learning just helped researchers create the biggest 3D map of buildings around the world

A team of Germany-based researchers recently unveiled GlobalBuildingAtlas, which is likely the most detailed 3D map of buildings ever developed. Introduced earlier this month, the database ...

This incredible map shows the world’s 2.75 billion buildings

Researchers mapped exactly where buildings are in the world and how much space they take up. The result is a mind boggling ...
Nature

Giant 3D map shows almost every building in the world

A database of 2.75 billion buildings could help scientists to monitor urban planning, climate change, disaster risks and even ...

10 best Nintendo 3DS games with high replay value

Nintendo had been getting good results on its more traditional, level-based Mario games like New Super Mario Bros. Wii. While ...

Kickstarter hit Tabletop Stamps makes D&D dungeon maps fast and easy

Tabletop Stamps is a viral Kickstarter kit that lets D&D players build dungeon maps quickly using simple ink stamps.
Ancient Origins

3D Model Unlocks Just Who Made Easter Island's Moai

Unfinished moai attached to bedrock by “keels” along their backs demonstrate how carvers worked underneath from both sides until figures were separated from the source material. This production stage, ...
New Atlas

Forget 3D printing: Cornell is 3D knitting with its new machine

If you find 3D printers to be just a little too coldly futuristic, this contraption might be more to your liking. Scientists from Cornell University have created a machine that knits solid 3D objects ...
USA Today

Scientists create 1st-ever 3-dimensional map of world outside Earth's solar system

Exoplanets are planets outside Earth's solar system that most often orbit a star. Astronomers have managed to bring an exoplanet into unprecedented focus by using a technique the researchers call 3D ...
The Business Journals

Miami 3D-printed battery maker wins U.S. Air Force contract

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. Preview this article 1 min The firm hopes to bring more ...
Space.com

Scientists use James Webb Space Telescope to make 1st 3D map of exoplanet — and it's so hot, it rips apart water

It's the first use of a new technique called 3D eclipse mapping. Astronomers have produced the first-ever three-dimensional map of a planet outside our solar system — WASP-18b — marking a major leap ...
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First-Ever 3D Map Of Planet Outside Solar System Reveals Distant World’s Hot Spot And Cool Ring

Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and Fundamental Forces from Imperial College London.View full profile Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum ...
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Zoom through the Milky Way's stellar nurseries in this super-detailed 3D map (video)

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Astronomers have unveiled the most detailed 3D map ever made of stellar nurseries in our Milky ...