Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. There’s nothing more admirable—or nerdy!—than dedicating one’s life to perfecting a craft. Finnish origami artist Juho Könkkölä ...

Researchers at Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.I.T.) have developed self-folding smart sheets of fiberglass inspired by the ancient art of origami. The team ...

Researchers have invented a real-life Transformer, a device that can fold itself into two shapes on command. The system is hardly ready to do battle with the Decepticons—the tiny contraption forms ...

This “smart sheet” can instantly fold into a boat or a plane without any human assistance. It’s the first step toward being able to carry any imaginable tool around with you in the form of a single ...

Professional origami artist Sipho Mabona is hoping to push - or should that be fold - the envelope of his art form by creating a life-size elephant from a single piece of paper measuring 15 metres ...

The art of origami usually requires dextrous fingers to turn a flat sheet into an intricate 3D shape. Now it’s got considerably easier, thanks to a material that can fold up on its own. Each foil was ...

Origami and sheet metal don’t seem like a natural combination, but Industrial Origami brings the two together to make products out of sheet metal cheaply and efficiently. The company, which presented ...

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 ...

As if a brain-like processing chip weren’t bad enough news for us humans, this week’s edition of Science also describes a robot that, after being laid out as a flat sheet, can fold itself into the ...

There’s nothing more admirable—or nerdy!—than dedicating one’s life to perfecting a craft. Finnish origami artist Juho Könkkölä deserves a ton of admiration in this regard as he has 15 years of ...