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Shipping damage, measured in real time: How wireless origami cushioning could improve logistics

Origami, the traditional Japanese art of paper folding, has received considerable attention in engineering. By applying paper-folding principles, researchers have created compact structures that are ...
Smithsonian Magazine

This 14-Year-Old Is Using Origami to Imagine Emergency Shelters That Are Sturdy, Cost-Efficient and Easy to Deploy

The teenager was researching the Miura-ori fold when Hurricane Helene made landfall in Florida and wildfires raged in Southern California. “I thought maybe these origami patterns, which are strong and ...

Tiny machines that rebuild themselves on demand

Reconfigurable structures that can repeatedly change their ...
Android Authority

This clever origami game gives foldable phone owners a unique way to play

Someone has created a game that takes advantage of your folding phone’s hinge. The game is an origami simulator called “Kami.” The project is free, available online, and it’s open-source, so anyone ...
The Digital Universe

BYU origami-inspired chair design featured on Mark Rober’s Top 10 list

BYU's Futuristic Folding Chair. Video produced by BYU Video. A futuristic BYU-designed, origami-inspired Flex Chair, cut out of a single piece of flat material and folded into shape, has made YouTuber ...
Albuquerque Journal

In the fold: 'Origami in the Garden' takes the Japanese art form to a greater scale

WHEN: May 13 through Nov. 1; 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Monday-Friday WHERE: Box Studio & Sculpture Garden, 3453 New Mexico 14, Cerrillos MORE INFO: Tickets are not required, but there is a suggested donation of ...