Most people are familiar with origami, the ancient paper-folding art form that creates unique patterns and shapes. Less familiar is the fact that origami has inspired the design of engineering ...

Researchers at the University of Notre Dame have created, with funding from the U.S. Army, a deployable mobile shelter that is both energy efficient and relatively easy to construct in the field ...

What do you get when you cross DNA, origami and the body’s natural defenses against disease? The Army’s newest way to spot smallpox outbreaks, apparently. Billions of defense dollars have gone ...

We covered these origami-inspired tiny houses before, and have featured several deployable military and disaster shelters, including here, here, and here.

‘Basic geometry:’ How this Central Florida Army veteran became a self-taught origami artist Rodriquez Benjamin spent 6 years in the Army, including 2 deployments in Iraq ...