You can’t reinvent the wheel, it is often said. To which researchers from Seoul National University, Harvard University, and Hankook Tire and Technology Co. go, “hold my beer.” This origami wheel has ...

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Bloom patterns could be useful, as engineers build folding structures to send to outer space. They’re also very pretty. Researchers have now found a new class of origami that they call bloom patterns, ...

Paper cranes are great, but they've got nothing on this work of origami: a donut-shaped, laser cut piece of folded paper that can be compressed without sacrificing the hole in the center. Bin Liu at ...