Mathematicians Make Surprising Breakthrough in 3D Geometry with ‘Noperthedron’

Prince Rupert of the Rhine first asked this question in the 17th century, and he soon found out the answer is yes. Later, ...
BBC

3D shapes

Complete this interactive activity to find out more about 3D shapes and then put your knowledge to the test. Cubes have 6 flat faces which are all the same size. Everyday things that have the shape of ...
Hackaday

Teaching Math With 3D Printers

We’ve often thought that 3D printers make excellent school projects. No matter what a student’s interests are: art, software, ...
Hackaday

3D Space Can Be Tiled With Corner-free Shapes

Tiling a space with a repeated pattern that has no gaps or overlaps (a structure known as a tessellation) is what led mathematician [Gábor Domokos] to ponder a question: how few corners can a shape ...
Scientific American

This New Shape Breaks an ‘Unbreakable’ 3D Geometry Rule

Can you drill a hole in a cube that an identical cube could fall through? Prince Rupert of the Rhine first asked this ...
TechCrunch

This tactile display lets visually impaired users feel on-screen 3D shapes

Using a computer and modern software can be a chore to begin with for the visually impaired, but fundamentally visual tasks like 3D design are even harder. This Stanford team is working on a way to ...