Want to turn a scaled vector graphic into a multicolor 3D print, like a sign? You’ll want to check out [erkannt]’s svg2solid, a web-based tool that reads an SVG and breaks the shapes up… ...

The racing stripes of Coast Guard ships serve as important branding and help ensure that the vessels can be identified. The design, so familiar to millions of Americans and others around the world ...

It’s true that stripes affect our perception of the size of objects, including of people’s bodies. But the effect happens in the opposite direction: Horizontal stripes make people look narrower.