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Mixing generative AI with physics to create personal items that work in the real world

Ever had an idea for something that looked cool, but wouldn’t work well in practice? When it comes to designing things like decor and personal accessories, generative artificial intelligence (genAI) models can relate. They can produce creative and elaborate 3D designs, but when you try to fabricate such blueprints into real-world objects, they usually don’t sustain everyday use.

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MorphoChrome’s programmable color process adds a luminous touch to things like a necklace charm of a butterfly. What started as a static, black accessory became a shiny pendant (Credits: Courtesy of the researchers).
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A new way to “paint with light” to create radiant, color-changing items

Gemstones like precious opal are beautiful to look at and deceivingly complex. As you look at such gems from different angles, you’ll see a variety of tints glisten, causing you to question what color the rock actually is. It’s iridescent thanks to something called structural color — microscopic structures that reflect light to produce radiant hues.

MIT CSAIL researchers have found a way to make real-world objects with AI, creating durable items that exhibit the user’s intended appearance and texture (Credits:Image: Alex Shipps/MIT CSAIL, with assets from the researchers and Pexels).
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Generative AI tool helps 3D print personal items that sustain daily use

Generative artificial intelligence models have left such an indelible impact on digital content creation that it’s getting harder to recall what the internet was like before it. You can call on these AI tools for clever projects such as videos and photos — but their flair for the creative hasn’t quite crossed over into the physical world just yet.

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Polyglot geometry

To innovate as a technologist, you need to be a polyglot—fluent in multiple languages of problem-solving, able to synthesize ideas across domains, reframing puzzles to visualize different outcomes, and revealing the questions that have yet to be asked.

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