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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
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
June 17, 2006
Ivars Peterson |
Folding Perfect Thirds Origami provides a hands-on way to explore mathematical concepts. |
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? |
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. |
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. |
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. |
AskMen.com
January 24, 2003
Chris Rovny |
Store Your Clothes... Properly Are you tired of seeing your clothes piled up on the bedroom chair? Do you wonder why your garments require ironing every time you put them on? Better yet, have you ever stretched out your favorite sweater by hanging it? Learn how to fold and hang your clothes -- the right way. |
Chemistry World
November 9, 2015
Philippa Matthews |
A step forward for graphene walkers Scientists in China have developed a graphene-based paper which can fold itself into predesigned shapes when exposed to light or gentle heat. |
Science News
October 26, 2002
Ivars Peterson |
Tetris Is Hard As many computer- and video-game players have long known, the insanely addictive, immensely popular game of Tetris is tough. Now, researchers from MIT's Laboratory for Computer Science have analyzed Tetris from a computational perspective. |
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. |
