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Origami Inspires 3D Printed Soft Robotics
Researchers from China have been inspired by origami structures and materials, leading them to the more complex development of robotics, as presented in the recently published “Origami spring-inspired metamaterials and…
Zhejiang University Researchers 4D Print Modular Structures
Researchers from the College of Chemical and Biological Engineering at Zhejiang University have been exploring an even more complex realm of digital fabrication, releasing their findings in ‘Modular 4D Printing via…
China: Origami Used to Strengthen 4D Metamaterials Resulting in a Tunable Miura-ori Tube
Chinese researchers explore not only the inspiration of origami designs and structures in science and technology today, but also the uses of 4D printing in a range of industrial applications….
Kirigami Paper Folding Inspires Advanced 3D Nanofabrication Research
When it comes to 3D printed folding research, we hear most often about projects inspired by origami. But as new research coming out of the Chinese Academy of Sciences shows, we…
Researchers Use 3D Mapping to Measure Growth and Folding Patterns in Pre-Term Babies’ Brains
3D printing has been used often in pediatric surgeries, but it’s also been put to work in difficult medical cases where a baby hasn’t even been born yet. A collaborative…