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 ...

Read the paper: Modular chiral origami metamaterials ... The authors based their metamaterial on a design called the Kresling origami pattern. In this design, a single sheet of paper is folded ...

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

The metabot is a modular conglomeration of many reconfigurable ... said the "work opens a new and exciting avenue in origami design and applications." "The current work has achieved extremely ...

There are few companions more intimate than a good suitcase. It’s there when you’re bleary-eyed at dawn, coaxing a zipper shut with your knee. It’s waiting patiently as you breeze through security—or ...

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

The clever origami-inspired ... Mellon's School of Design. You can see more of the work that went into it on Tayal's site – and while you're at it, dig her concept for modular long-lasting ...

Origami Space Development, Inc. (Berthoud, Colorado) At Origami Space, we fold big capability into small satellites. Leveraging generative design and ... proliferated and modular EW solution ...

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.