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Monday, August 2, 2010

Self-Folding Sheet Offers Lazy Way To Origami

The art of origami got considerably easier thanks to a material that can fold up on its own. A team from Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology made a square sheet of glass fibre patterned with 32 triangular tiles. The seams between triangles are made from flexible silicon rubber and a 'shape memory' alloy foil.



(via New Scientist)

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