Researchers have developed a mathematical framework that can turn any sheet of material into any prescribed shape, inspired by the paper craft termed kirigami (from the Japanese, kiri, meaning to cut ...

Researchers at North Carolina State University, led by Michael Dickey, have developed an Origami-like technique that allows them to fold plastic sheets, to pre-specified patterns, by heating the ...

Researchers from the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) have developed a mathematical framework that can turn any sheet of material into any prescribed shape, ...

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