To make the sheet form into a tiny boat or plane, the researchers developed their own set of computer algorithms. The algorithms take in 3D shapes from a computer program and determine how to ...

A professor at MIT has completed an 18-year-long origami quest to develop a universal algorithm that could generate the paper-folding patterns required to produce any 3D structure with the ...

New research lets would-be DNA origami masters design the shape — while an algorithm determines where to put our friends A, T, G, and C.

DNA origami, a fascinating technology that uses algorithms to design self-assembling 2- and 3D nanostructures using DNA helices, has added a new member to its growing catalog: multilayered capsule ...

Just as the name suggests, DNA origami is a fabrication technique wherein researchers fold DNA strands to create precisely shaped 2- and 3-dimensional nanostructures. These highly programmable ...

Chemical engineers have extended the ancient art of origami to produce intricate shapes made of glass or other hard materials. Their method, which can be combined with 3D printing, could have ...

Origami-style techniques are already in use in deep space solar arrays and arterial stents. However this technique lets fully 3D objects to spring forth from a piece of plastic.

This sped up, seven-minute clip by YouTube user DIYwithME — which features some pretty chill piano music — is a tutorial about how to make a fast, cheap, and simple 3D origami heart that turns ...

Researchers at MIT have created a "shape-shifting" origami robot that is able to automatically fold itself into a boat or a plane.