For the past eight years at Tohoku he has been working on a new type of silicon semiconductor that has a three-dimensional design (see diagram, below).
Lexus-characteristic L-shaped combination lamps feature a layered, strongly three-dimensional design, and the lower, concave bumper section incorporates a full width spoiler to further enhance rear-wheel drive traction.
Advances in computer-aided design and three-dimensional printing will allow firms to make products that are individually tailored to each customer in order to produce precisely the tool you want, or a prosthetic leg that fits perfectly for little more than the price of a mass-produced one.
The Ecosign team fired up AutoCAD, a design software used by architects and engineers to sketch three-dimensional project drafts, and used PCs to plug in technical numbers for Olympic courses.