New techniques let engineers shape objects at a tiny scale.

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The drawing program lets users slide their mouse from left to right to alter the color, position and shape of objects.

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At each end one of Microsoft's Kinect depth camera sensors is used to track the direction of each person's gaze as well as to capture the shape and appearance of objects placed on the surface and the participant sitting behind them.

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Beuys's distinctive use of industrial objects took shape in his Kurhaus years, but some of his earliest artistic traces can be found in Schloss Moyland ( moyland.de), a neo-Gothic castle outside Kleve housing the art collection of the van der Grinten brothers, two early supporters.

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Using metamaterials means the scheme should work for all objects, regardless of their shape.

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Even the extreme angle isn't a problem, partly because of perceptual constancy the brain's tendency to see familiar objects as having a standard shape and size, despite changes in perspective.

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She uses the organizational framework of modular design, in which children learn to use objects that are categorized by geometric shape and mathematical measurement in separate containers.

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You model objects in Amorphium by starting with a primitive shape such as a sphere or cylinder, or some text, then simply use the mouse to grab the shape and pull, push, or twist it into a new look.

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Advances in haptics could allow blind people to feel objects that others can see, or allow visitors to a museum website to feel the shape and texture of an ancient object.

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