Update: we learned that the company in charge of designing and building the Pixel circle is Obscura Digital. %Gallery-188491% Google loves to use I/O as a platform for sharing its creativity with ...

Nail art is going three dimensional. Customers now want texture, along with colorful designs. We went to see what customers are getting at the nail salon.

Texture and changing sheens in fabric (matt velvets to silky satins) offer a positive tactile experience to teenagers as well as to seem cool. At this age, a fixation with metal and glass in all forms ...

The team, led by materials scientist Luyi Sun and his colleague Songshan Zeng, as well as their collaborator Dianyun Zhang, has created materials that can change color, texture and transparency.