It was during January's wildfires in Southern California and Hurricane Helene, when Wu familiarized himself with deployable ...

A groundbreaking exhibition that reveals the extraordinary power and potential of contemporary origami, “Above the Fold: New Expressions in Origami,” opens Sept. 2 at the Schaefer International ...

University of Washington (UW) scientists have introduced a remarkable advancement in micro-robotics, crafting battery-free, tiny robots inspired by the folding patterns of leaves. University of ...

Long before screens and styluses, entertainment came in the form of folded paper. One square. No cuts. No glue. Just folds. That’s all it took to create animals, flowers, boats, and birds that felt ...

The big thinkers at Aperture explore origami and the mathematical art of paper folding.

Building robotic grippers that can firmly grasp heavy objects and also gently grasp delicate ones usually requires complicated sets of gears, hinges and motors. But it turns out that it’s also ...

Scientists have harnessed chemical reactions to make microscale origami machines self-fold -- freeing them from the liquids in which they usually function, so they can operate in dry environments and ...

On Saturday, Nov. 16, students left the Asian American Cultural Center, or AACC, with paper sailboats, jumping frogs and Thanksgiving-themed turkeys. At the center, Sok Song ART ’26, an MFA student at ...

(Nanowerk Spotlight) For centuries, origami, the ancient art of paper folding, was used to create decorative figures for crafts and artwork. In recent decades however, origami principles have inspired ...

These could be the stuff of nightmares — if they weren’t so damn cute. Scientists at the University of Washington have developed adorable little electronic “microfliers,” the size of a postage stamp, ...

Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a twist for CNET. When not wallowing in weird gear and iPad apps for cats, she can be found tinkering with her 1956 DeSoto.

Miles Wu, 14, said an origami fold could hold over 10,000 times its own weight, the equivalent of a NYC taxi cab holding over 4,000 elephants.