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Elizabeth Thomson
Feb 6, 20193 min read
Origami, 3D Printing Merge to Make Complex Structures in One Shot
Click here to download the PDF of this article By merging the ancient art of origami with 21st century technology, researchers have...
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Raffaella Grassi
Apr 4, 20173 min read
NASA’s New Shape-Shifting Radiator Inspired by Origami
Japan’s ancient art of paper folding has inspired the design of a potentially trailblazing “smart” radiator that a NASA technologist is...
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Raffaella Grassi
Jun 20, 20162 min read
Origami-inspired metamaterial changes shape and stiffness on command
“A house that could fit in a backpack or a wall that could become a window with the flick of a switch” are just two fantastical objects...
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Raffaella Grassi
Mar 15, 20163 min read
You can now 3D print the world's lightest material - graphene aerogel
YES PLEASE. It's 7.5 times lighter than air, and a cubic metre of the stuff weighs just 160 grams. It's 12 percent lighter than the...
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