Beyond cards, you can put your photos in an animated slideshow or on a three-dimensional object.

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This technique even allows us to see a three-dimensional object such as a mock-up of running person.

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"It's the only three-dimensional object that connects those two, " says Jeanne Sloane, head of the silver department at Christie's.

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Just as a mould can be used to make a copy of a three-dimensional object, Dr Sharpless proposes to use biological targets as templates to guide the formation of their own perfect drugs.

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If a beam similar to the original reference beam is shone through a hologram, the result is a three-dimensional image of the object scanned.

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Sometimes, standard two dimensional photos, even those taken by a 41-megapixel sensor, simply aren't enough to accurately depict a three dimensional object.

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The equation smoothes out the irregularities of an object, transforming it mathematically into something that looks like a uniform three-dimensional sphere.

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