Now a team has taken inspiration from origami to create a modular metamaterial system. These units couple twisting movement with compression or expansion, and by combining these modules in ...

This design is perfect for origami lovers of all skill levels—no glue, no cutting, and totally modular. Follow along step-by-step to fold and connect your units into a bold, decorative cube that ...

The Space-Based Joint Spectrum cohort marked the 14th Accelerator facilitated by CCTI. Selected for their technology and ...

In an experiment reminiscent of the "Transformers" movie franchise, engineers at Princeton University have created a type of ...

The invention is a metamaterial, which is a material engineered to feature new and unusual properties that depend on the ...

Jyotirmoy Mandal's Optical and Thermal Design Lab to design and build the thermoregulator. The article, "Modular chiral origami metamaterials", was published April 23 in Nature. Besides Chen, Paulino ...

Only built in bold, translucent colorways and featuring a modular, stackable silhouette, this RedDot Design Award winner feels less like a suitcase and more like a modernist storage system on wheels.

This innovative metamaterial, inspired by origami, moves like a robot using magnetic fields, paving the way for advanced soft ...

World's tiniest shape-shifting robot flies and drives, offering promise for rescue missions, medical tech, and VR systems.

Origami—the art of paper folding that originated in Japan centuries ago—could open a new frontier in innovative materials, ...