But one of the key hurdles when bringing origami or kirigami to engineering is that these techniques often make things rather ...

Abstract: Self-folding enables compact, deployable and reconfigurable structures for close and far remote applications. As the degree-of-freedom in achieving folded shapes is dictated by the number of ...

The never-ending struggle of the kayak angler comes down to two things: storage and transportation. I’ve learned that the hard way. It was frustrating to spend over $1,200 on a trailer and license ...

The big thinkers at Aperture explore origami and the mathematical art of paper folding. Daines’s last-minute retirement maneuver leaves Capitol Hill stunned — and some frustrated Cracks emerge in Iran ...

Long before screens and styluses, entertainment came in the form of folded paper. One square. No cuts. No glue. Just folds. That’s all it took to create animals, flowers, boats, and birds that felt ...

Just as a misshapen key can't open a lock, the proteins in our cells need to have the correct 3D shape to function properly. And defects in a protein's structure can cause diseases. Proteins are ...

There’s a lot to like about Hirogami, a new platform game from Bandai Namco’s Singapore and Malaysia studios, not least its stunning art style. Set in an imaginative papercraft world, it really looks ...

Bloom patterns could be useful, as engineers build folding structures to send to outer space. They’re also very pretty. Researchers have now found a new class of origami that they call bloom patterns, ...