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Cadillac has rounded its vertical lines somewhat in recent vehicle generations, but Lexus in particular has shown a series of concept vehicles that marry racing signifiers with origami lines; one that stands out is the LF-SA shown at the Geneva Motor Show in Switzerland in 2015. Naturally, these design ...

Every child knows about origami. The skill of this oriental art lies in folding a flat sheet of paper into different -- and in some cases highly complex -- structures. Examples of origami also exist in the natural world. The wing of an earwig is a perfect illustration: its elaborate design is far more ingenious than any ...

Origami has inspired the design of many engineering techniques, which are applied in fields such as robotics. Now a study published in Science finds that the earwig, amember of the group of insects that makeup the order dermaptera, has wings that can fold in such a manner as to put even the intricate ...

Like an earwig wing, the 3D printed wing is reportedly stable when it is unfurled and can be folded back onto itself with a simple touch. Though 3D printed prototypes are not quite as sophisticated as the earwig's natural wing, the scientists are making headway in studying its origami-like physiology.

23, 2018) – Researchers at Seoul National University (SNU) in South Korea have developed an origami-inspired robotic arm that is foldable, self-folding and also highly-rigid. Their results have been published in Science Robotics. Drones equipped with cameras have given us an easy way to take aerial ...

Self-folding materials that can snap shut and grip objects have been created by researchers in Switzerland and the US. Inspired by origami and the folding wings of the earwig, the materials were made with a 3D printer and the team's design principles could potentially have broad applications in, ...

The wing of an earwig is a lot like origami—but its elaborate design is far more ingenious than anything humans can make. Researchers have been studying the secret of these wings and have created an artificial structure that functions on the same principle. When open, the earwig wing expands ten times ...

Because earwigs spend most of their time underground and only occasionally take to the air, they pack their wings into packages with a surface area more than 10 times smaller than when unfurled, using an origami-like series of folds. Springy wing joints let the insects bypass some of the mathematical ...

Flexible energy provider Origami Energy has referred to the traditional model of selling power as a commodity rather than a service as a turkey voting for Christmas. Patrick Kingsland spoke to the company's head of strategy and innovation, Alex Howard, about the value of real-time energy control and why ...

Using inspiration gained through origami, a group of researchers hailing from Seoul National University in Korea designed an arm that can be deployed and attaches easily to a drone; the arm can unfurl when needed. Previously, designs inspired by origami were limited due to them being not structurally ...

Reflective optics is based on the use of metal mirrors, instead of the usual glass-based Origami lens. This makes the camera potentially much more versatile in terms of spectral coverage. The mirrors and the optical assembly were developed indigenously. The optics is fabricated using single-point diamond ...

You don't need arms to fly but engineers from Seoul National University in South Korea have developed a robotic appendage designed to give drones a better grip on the world. Inspired by origami, the innovative arm can be folded for transport and self-assembles into a rigid appendage when it's needed ...

"And in most cases a surgeon won't form an origami bird and implant that," said Adam Jakus, chief technology officer for the company created by the Northwestern researchers, Dimension INX. "But the ability to show that we can create something as complex as an origami bird means that we can definitely ...

A team of researchers from the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Seoul National University has created a drone that utilizes origami to stretch a robotic arm which can pick up objects or shoot video footage in difficult-to-reach areas. “The robotic arm was designed to be easily folded ...

Good morning, here are yesterday's headlines as well as an amazing drone video of Masada in Israel. Enjoy! DJI Inspire 2. Yesterday's headlines. Scientists created a drone with an origami arm to pick things up · Ten people charged for large-scale drone deliveries of drugs and phones into English prisons ...

Drones are becoming more capable every day. Now, scientists have developed a drone with an extendable origami arm that can pick up objects in hard to reach places. In a study that was published in Science Robotics, the workings of the origami arm are explained as follows, it is made of seven plastic ...

Folding something up tightly can save space. People who have lived in a tiny apartment know this. So do drone accessory designers, apparently. Designs inspired by the paper-folding tradition of origami have captured the imagination of inventors. But by definition, stuff that can fold has weak points.

Knowingly or unknowingly, we've all done origami sometime in our lives. Derived from the Japanese words, Oru and Kami, which literally mean paper folding, origami's premise is pretty simple: you start with a square or rectangular sheet of paper and transform it, through folding techniques, into a sculpture. It could be a ...

Lexus commissioned artist Michael Murphy who folded each of the letters into an origami sphere. lexus_letters_michael_murphy_3.jpg. The paper spheres were ... Lexus also created a 'making of' video that shows clips of the nearly 200 hours spent folding each letter and hanging the origami spheres.

The crinkle of paper; an explosion of giggles from school girls; little heads with two braids each bent over in concentration as their hands fold paper — the origami workshop comes as a breather to the students at Lady Sivaswamy Ayyar Girls Higher Secondary School, Mylapore, on an exam day. Origami ...

I, myself, have attended NYS twice so far. Both times I got to meet tons of new people from all around Humboldt, Del Norte, and Trinity counties. I also got to enter all kinds of interesting workshops each time I attended. There are many cool workshops such as Origami Fun (which I plan to go to) and First Aid ...

On Thursday, Demaine returned to Dalhousie University, where he enrolled as an undergraduate student at 12 years old, to celebrate his alma mater's 200th anniversary with the unveiling of a curve-creased origami sculpture he and his father forged from the pages of a book detailing the school's history.

Think origami for organs. Origami is the traditional Japanese art form of folding paper. The researchers' goal was to make the paper easy for doctors to apply. "And in most cases a surgeon won't form an origami bird and implant that, but the ability to show that we can create something as complex as an ...

Smartest Energy is hoping to benefit from the demand-side response (DSR) market after signing a deal with Origami Energy to use its smart grid platform. The “strategic partnership” will see the electricity supplier use Origami's technology platform to manage its customers' distributed energy assets to ...

CHICAGO - Muscles torn during battle, open wounds, or damaged organs could all be healed with the help of paper-thin material. Northwestern University researcher Adam Jakus was working on 3D printable ink for organs when it spilled. He went to clean up and the biomaterial peeled off in a thin sheet.

After a small accidental spill in the research lab, scientists developed a biologic product that may someday soon help doctors heal patients. In Healthy Living, we learn how it could be medicine's next big thing. The researchers say they are about three to five years away from developing tissue papers that ...

Researchers at the Air Force Research Laboratory are exploring origami concepts in relation to science, physics, mathematics and engineering to create new solutions for the Air Force. This image shows a folded frequency selective surface composed of printed spirals on a polypropylene substrate, where ...

Researchers at the Air Force Research Laboratory are exploring origami concepts in relation to science, physics, mathematics and engineering to create new solutions for the Air Force. This image shows a folded frequency selective surface composed of printed spirals on a polypropylene substrate, where ...

CLEMSON — The sign on the wall behind Suyi Li's desk at Clemson University has a picture of a paper swan and a quick dash of motivation, “Keep calm and origami on.” The ancient art of paper folding is showing promise for new technology that ranges from cancer-fighting drugs to foldable armor for ...

In a paper published in the journal ACS Sensors, biomedical engineers, veterinary scientists and bacteriologists from the UK and India describe how disposable diagnostic technology that uses paper folding, akin to origami, to process complex biochemical tests has helped farmers in India identify three ...

1. Dimensional art. Origami literally means “paper folding.” Origami is the only art form that starts in two dimensions — a flat sheet of paper — and ends in three dimensions. According to the DAI , “artists are making complex sculptural works and scientists and mathematicians are using origami to unlock the ...

At the suggestion of a colleague, they tried connecting the gels through a Miura-ori fold, a type of origami fold that allows the gels to stack on a folded sheet. The gels connect simultaneously with a large contact area, more closely resembling the geometry of the eel's cells. This method increased the current ...

Powhatan School math teacher Harry Holloway is an origami enthusiast and is making a piece for every day of the year. He is seen Wednesday with the origami Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton he created. Jeff Taylor/The Winchester Star. BOYCE — Harry Holloway starts with a piece of paper. After folding and ...

On Thursday, Demaine returned to Dalhousie University, where he enrolled as an undergraduate student at 12 years old, to celebrate his alma mater's 200th anniversary with the unveiling of a curve-creased origami sculpture he and his father forged from the pages of a book detailing the school's history.

OSS turned to the ancient art of origami for inspiration. The company works closely with Oxford University professor Zhong You, an engineer with an expertise in origami, to improve its designs and come up with ways to fold antennas and other component parts for satellites. "Origami is very maths-based.

Think origami for organs. Origami is the traditional Japanese art form of folding paper. The researchers' goal was to make the paper easy for doctors to apply. “And in most cases a surgeon won't form an origami bird and implant that, but the ability to show that we can create something as complex as an ...

SmartestEnergy has handed Origami Energy a technology contract to manage its clients' energy assets and consumption. Dubbed an 'important strategic move', Smartest said the contract would allow it to offer flexible energy management services in real-time, enabling customers to realise the value of ...