Back by popular demand are the how-to instructions for making colorful gelatin plastic. Just stir up a mixture of unflavored gelatin, food coloring and water to create wacky transparent shapes and ...

On the Color and Lines tab, under the Fill section, drag the Transparency slider or click the spin button to increase and decrease the transparency.. Then click OK.. The shape becomes transparent.

After filling the shape with your image, drag the "Transparency" slider on the Fill tab to adjust the shape -- and the picture along with it. The more transparent your shape, the easier it will be ...

Screens that can be switched from a transparent to an opaque state aren't exactly anything new, but LinkEarth Corp looks to be a taking a somewhat novel approach with its new so-called ViVid ...

A new technique using fluid dyes in microplumbing to create miniature fluid-carrying chips improves the 3-D topography of these microstructures and makes that topography relatively easy to modify.

Robots and other automated systems have always had trouble visually gauging the 3D shape of transparent objects, like those made of glass. A new system addresses that problem, by using a laser to ...