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Science News
June 2, 2007
Julie J. Rehmeyer |
Trisecting an Angle with Origami Here's how a paper-folding technique can solve a classic math problem.   |
Science News
January 6, 2001
Ivars Peterson |
Folding Maps Now Erik D. Demaine of the computer science department at the University of Waterloo in Ontario and his coworkers have developed an efficient method for a puzzling problem: recognizing when a creased sheet indeed is foldable into a flat package... |
Smithsonian
June 2007
Beth Jensen |
Into the Fold Physicist Robert Lang has taken the ancient art of origami to new dimensions. Along with other scientists, Lang believes origami holds elegant solutions to problems in fields as diverse as automobile safety, space science, architecture, robotics, manufacturing and medicine. |
Science News
November 30, 2002
Ivars Peterson |
Fold-and-Cut Magic Accordion folds and judicious cutting can produce a string of paper dolls or a variety of geometric patterns. This activity also suggests a mathematical question. |
Science News
January 27, 2007
Ivars Peterson |
Knitting Network A skein of intriguing mathematical objects comes out of an evening devoted to knitting, crocheting, and other crafts. |
Science News
July 23, 2005
Ivars Peterson |
Paper Bags and Tricky Folds Because robots must fold along rigid lines, it takes some ingenuity to help them fold standard paper bags. |
Science News
January 24, 2004
Ivars Peterson |
Folding Paper in Half -- Twelve Times You can't fold a sheet of paper in half more than seven or eight times, no matter how large the sheet or thin the paper may be. How often have you heard that statement? Is seven or eight folds a reasonable rule of thumb for paperfolding in general? |
Wired
June 23, 2008
Allison Roeser |
Can You Origami? Follow One Master's Folds Renowned origami artist Robert Lang's beetles, centipedes and dinosaurs are exhibited around the world. Lang tells Wired how he became an origami master. |
T.H.E. Journal
February 17, 2010
Patricia Deubel |
Web 2.0 in Instruction: Adding Spice to Math Education Mathematics lags behind other subjects in class-centered web 2.0 communities for children, and an even larger lag in informal, recreational communities. |
Chemistry World
February 3, 2010
Lewis Brindley |
DNA origami goes large US researchers have found a way to scale up DNA origami into larger structures by using 'tiles' instead of 'staples' to pin them in place. |
IEEE Spectrum
March 2012
Robert W. Lucky |
Is Math Still Relevant? The queen of the sciences may someday lose its royal status |
IEEE Spectrum
September 2007
Robert W. Lucky |
Math Blues Has mathematics disappeared behind the screens of our monitors, as have so many other subjects since engineering began to center increasingly on writing software? |
