The hell of constructing flat-packed furniture by hand could soon be a thing of the past, thanks to a new self-locking design technique that can hold thousands of times its own weight. The design is a ...

Origami is a traditional Japanese art form where people create intricate designs by folding paper, but the technique can also keep people alive. Science and engineering professor Richard James and ...

A new robotic gripper is a strong “hand” with a soft touch. The bell-shaped gripper has a silicone rubber skeleton with an intricate origami design, wrapped in an airtight, latex rubber skin. When a ...

This frustrated origami system can combine with other techniques and materials that can change on demand, according to Shixi Zang, postdoctoral researcher and first author of the paper. One example is ...

You can make a typical origami crane in about 20 folds. Now multiply that by 300. That’s about how many folds one Finnish artist uses to make his exquisitely intricate origami characters. Twenty-three ...

Katherine Martinko is an expert in sustainable living. She holds a degree in English Literature and History from the University of Toronto. Origami was originally the Japanese art of paper folding, ...

I had the opportunity, to interview Robert J Lang, the origami artist who, along with several others, has filed a lawsuit against painter Sarah Morris who, they say, infringed on their copyrights when ...

The simplicity and elegance of origami, an ancient Japanese art form, has motivated researchers to explore its application in the world of materials. New research from an interdisciplinary team, ...

Origami might seem like an unlikely source of inspiration for scientists and engineers, yet the centuries-old Japanese art of paper folding is behind all sorts of new innovations. That’s because ...

The 12 row houses lining the new community called Origami look pleated and folded, but of course, they're not made of paper. But here is the real surprise: Each home sits on its own foundation and ...