Traditionally, when it comes to high-tech self-assembling microscopic structures for use in medicine delivery, and refined, delicate grippers for robotics, there’s been a dearth of effective, ...

Researchers categorize origami- and kirigami-based mechanical metamaterials, artificially engineered materials with unusual mechanical properties, and subdivided them into rigid or deformable ...

3D micro-/nanofabrication holds the key to build a large variety of micro-/nanoscale materials, structures, devices, and systems with unique properties that do not manifest in their 2D planar ...

Kirigami is a variation of origami. A art form that involves cutting paper and assembling the pieces to create a figure or picture. Haruki takes the art form to a new level and showcases his work on ...

ORIGAMI-style space homes that spring off the ground on Mars could house future visitors to the red planet. These hi-tech habitats would pop up with “one pull of a string” – with no tools needed. It’s ...

Origami-inspired materials use folds in materials to embed powerful functionality. However, all that folding can be pretty labor intensive. Now, researchers at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of ...

These origami-like puppets can come to life with one touch. They are called karakuri puppets and they have been used in Japan as early as the 17th Century. The technique is called Kirigami which ...

Graphene—a single layer of carbon atoms arranged in a honeycomb grid—is the strongest material ever measured. It conducts electricity better than copper. The two physicists who first isolated graphene ...

(Nanowerk News) The ancient arts of origami, the art of paper-folding, and kirigami, the art of paper-cutting, have gained popularity in recent years among researchers building mechanical ...

(Nanowerk News) 3D micro-/nanofabrication holds the key to build a large variety of micro-/nanoscale materials, structures, devices, and systems with unique properties that do not manifest in their 2D ...

And its creators have hinted at an even more impressive type of base ORIGAMI-style space homes that spring off the ground on Mars could house future visitors to the red planet. These hi-tech habitats ...