“Origami（折纸）”已成为一个世界通用词汇。现在，日本在国内外展开一系列尝试，欲将这一传统手工艺技术应用到产业中去。折纸的构思和技法正逐步被广泛应用于航天开发、时尚、甚至是人造血管的制造。 提起“折纸”，人们就会联想到日本传统文化，用 ...

Origami has become known as a miracle technique for designers. Elegant compliant mechanisms can leverage the material ...

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It’s an ancient form of art, but now origami is providing modern solutions in the fields of space, engineering, mathematics and medicine. For one Canadian aerospace engineer, origami and its ability ...

With a few folds, brightly-colored squares of paper transform into animals, birds, flowers, and trees. More talented origami enthusiasts also use their skills to create original works based on popular ...

One bright April day on a Harvard University lawn, David Melancon stepped out of a white plastic tent carrying a table. Then another. Then he made a few trips to produce 14 chairs. Then a bike, ...

Studying one of the simplest animals, Stanford's Prakash Lab uncovered how it folds itself into complex shapes—revealing new ...