I didn't need this, but I used AI to 3D print a tiny figurine of myself - here's how

That's today's project. In this article, I'll show you how I started with a picture of me, used some intermediate AI, and turned it into a physical 3D plastic me figurine. Do I need a me figurine? No.
Scientific American

The next AI revolution could start with world models

Why today’s AI systems struggle with consistency and how emerging world models aim to give machines a steady grasp of space ...
Geeky Gadgets

Turn Any Photo into a 3D Model with SAM 3D : From One Snapshot to Shareable Mesh

Imagine snapping a photo of your favorite object, a vintage car, a family heirloom, or even your pet, and instantly transforming it into a lifelike 3D model. Thanks to Meta’s SAM 3D, this futuristic ...
Semiconductor Engineering

Thermal Management In 3D-IC: Modeling Hotspots, Materials, & Cooling Strategies

As three-dimensional integrated circuit (3D-IC) technology becomes the architectural backbone of AI, high-performance computing (HPC), and advanced edge systems, thermal management has shifted from a ...
Phys.org

First-of-its-kind 3D model lets you explore Easter Island statues up close

Located in the middle of the South Pacific, thousands of miles from the nearest continent, Easter Island (Rapa Nui) is one of the most remote inhabited places on Earth. To visit it and marvel at the ...
Fast Company

Fei-Fei Li’s World Labs unveils its world-generating AI model

Marble can reconstruct, generate, and simulate 3D worlds—think of it as a type of “world model.” In an interview with Fast Company, Li describes world models as a “significant” evolution of the ...
People

Grandfather Receives 3D Printed Face After Being Dragged Underneath a Drunk Driver’s Car

Dave Richards, 75, suffered horrific injuries that left him feeling “vulnerable” after losing his eye, half his face, and sustaining significant trauma to his body Tom Wren / SWNS; William Dax / SWNS ...
Hosted on MSN

Injured cyclist gets 3D face printed after crash with drunk driver

Dave Richards, 75, was 'lucky to survive' the crash which damaged his back and pelvis and saw him break multiple ribs on one side of his body. He also received full thickness burns to the side of his ...
TweakTown

NVIDIA's AI-powered Audio2Face animation model is now open source for all developers

TL;DR: NVIDIA's Audio2Face technology uses generative AI to create realistic 3D facial animations from speech audio, capturing emotion and intonation for lifelike digital characters. Open-sourced with ...
Gizmochina

Tencent Just Dropped a Game-Changing 3D AI Tool And It’s Completely Free

Remember when creating realistic 3D models meant weeks of painstaking work by skilled artists? Well, Tencent just threw that playbook out the window with the latest 3.0 version of Hunyuan 3D, and ...
The Verge

Here’s why usage of Gemini’s Nano Banana image editor is growing

Google narrows the gap with ChatGPT as millions tap Nano Banana to make hyperrealistic 3D figurines. Google narrows the gap with ChatGPT as millions tap Nano Banana to make hyperrealistic 3D ...
IEEE

A Fast Face Identification Method for Wireframe Model Fusing Graph Neural Network

Abstract: In computer-aided design systems, when 3D reconstruction is performed from wireframe, the most critical step is to find the corresponding annular edges of 3D solid surfaces from the ...