Imagine snapping a photo of your favorite sweater and instantly having a machine recreate it, stitch by stitch. This futuristic concept is close to becoming a reality. A team of researchers from ...

Computer scientists have developed a system that can translate a wide variety of 3-D shapes into stitch-by-stitch instructions that enable a computer-controlled knitting machine to automatically ...

When I was a baby, my grandma knit me an impressive range of little booties and blankets. I’ve been worried that I will utterly fail at my grandmotherly duties when I eventually have grandchildren ...

It turns out a knitting machine can work a bit like a 3-D printer. Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University's Textiles Lab have created an algorithm that translates 3-D shapes in computer models into ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. PureWow Creator Kate understands that knitting is “the Olympic sport for grandmas everywhere,” but she also acknowledges that it’s ...

Researchers have used computationally controlled knitting machines to create plush toys and other knitted objects that are actuated by tendons. It's an approach they say might someday be used to ...

PITTSBURGH--Carnegie Mellon University computer scientists have developed a system that can translate a wide variety of 3-D shapes into stitch-by-stitch instructions that enable a computer-controlled ...