Unlike a bitmapped texture, in which the texture is represented as a bitmap, a procedural texture describes the texture mathematically. Although not widely used, this method is resolution ...

The primary focus here is nozzleboss, a blender plugin which enables the surface textures of already sliced objects to be manipulated. The idea is to read in the gcode for the object, and convert ...

Procedural texturing implements mathematical and algorithmic functions to generate more complex and dynamic textures ...

It can be created as a "stack" of 2D bitmapped textures or as a 3D procedural texture. When an object with volumetric texture is sliced in half, the texture would still be rendered accurately on ...

When testing, we liked that this blender offered a greater degree of control than other blenders in this format; there’s a dial to switch between blend and pulse to allow you to get the texture ...

An astonishing number of insects have evolved survival mechanisms that involve mimicry, camouflage, and disguise. In the case of orange-and-black butterflies, the viceroy has evolved a striking ...

At our current level of technology, more practical efforts focus on what is known as active camouflage. This is more akin to the way animals like squid and chameleons alter their appearance to ...

Camouflage using chromatophores is particularly ... Papillae are sections of the skin that can be deformed in order to change texture, and may work by a hydrostatic mechanism (Allen et al., ...

Nitin Sawhney: Well, You created a brand new colour by mixing two together and just like in paintings, we can mix and layer musical sounds to create texture. Boy 1: It sounds great but we can't do ...

I use my blender to purée vegetables into soup, crush nuts into butter, whir dressings and sauces into silky emulsifications, and chop ingredients into salsas — and while I’m not a smoothie ...

Our list includes favorites from Vitamix, Breville, and Ninja, plus our favorite personal blender. With a culinary degree, a master's in journalism, and nearly 20 years of experience, Jason Horn ...

An immersion blender is one of those kitchen gadgets you don’t realize you need until you’ve used it. It's a small but powerful kitchen tool you can place directly into pots and bowls to blend ...