Following the success of her book on Japanese-inspired gift wrapping, Sonoma resident Megumi Lorna Inouye will be offering two related workshops for adults of all skill levels in Sonoma during the ...

A cacophony of barking alerts me to the cardboard box delivered to my front door. Packed inside is a single sheet of white corrugated plastic folded into what looks like a large suitcase. My canine ...

CAROLINA BEACH, N.C. — New shape-shifting ‘Transformer bots’ have been inspired by origami. The versatile robots could transform space travel, say scientists. Taking inspiration from the ancient ...

Transformer bots can form more than 1,000 shapes. (Jie Yin, NC State University via SWNS) By Stephen Beech via SWNS New shape-shifting ‘Transformer bots’ have been inspired by origami. The versatile ...

A team of North Carolina State University engineers has devised an approach that enables a single plastic cubed structure to transform into over 1,000 configurations using three active motors. The ...

A team of North Carolina State University Engineers has devised a shapeshifting robot inspired by the ancient Japanese paper-folding art of Origami, capable of functions ranging from space exploration ...

Inspired by the paper-folding art of origami, engineers have discovered a way to make a single plastic cubed structure transform into more than 1,000 configurations using only three active motors.

(Nanowerk News) Inspired by the paper-folding art of origami, North Carolina State University engineers have discovered a way to make a single plastic cubed structure transform into more than 1,000 ...

In 1936, the British mathematician Alan Turing came up with an idea for a universal computer. It was a simple device: an infinite strip of tape covered in zeros and ones, together with a machine that ...

Origami, the ancient Japanese art of paper folding, has captured the imagination of people around the world for centuries. One popular origami creation is the cube, which can serve as a beautiful ...