It looks like fabric, feels like metal, and is as light as rubber. Any watch fan looking to tick all of the above boxes would normally expect to be a dab hand with a spring bar removal tool to experience all the above individually, but a new strap developed by Malaysian independent brand Ming appears to now offer the best of all worlds. The one strap to rule them all has been dubbed the Polymesh, and is 3D-printed from grade five titanium, and comprises 1,693 interconnected pieces (including the buckle) held together without any pins or screws. The only additional parts requiring assembly are the quick-release spring bars at each end that attach it to the watch--the articulated pin buckle is also formed in the same process. Ming says that the strap, which is made up from rows of 15 equilateral triangles, meshed together and bookended by larger end pieces, "has more motion engineered into the radial axis than the lateral one," leading to a supple end result that drapes like fabric yet retains the strength of titanium.

But is it possible to convert a two dimensional image to a 3D object and make it "come alive" with artificial intelligence? Let us dive into a research project developed in Japan. Mesh rendering gives up exceptional objects by constructing it with the help of neural networks. This process usually involves conversion of a 2D image into 3D by overlaying the image over a 3D object. It is then redefined with the backward pass of 3D rendering and then pushed through a neural network.