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Origami computer uses folded paper for calculations

Technology

Origami computer uses folded paper for calculations

By representing data as folds in paper, the principles of origami can theoretically be used to compute anything imaginable

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man lifting loads of weight

Technology

Feather-light artificial muscles lift 1000 times own weight

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A ladybird opening its wings

Life

Ladybird’s transparent shell reveals how it folds its wings

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Shape-shifting matter could let houses crumple themselves away

Technology

Shape-shifting matter could let houses crumple themselves away

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Bacteria build bendy plastic that astronauts could use for tools

Life

Bacteria build bendy plastic that astronauts could use for tools

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One Per Cent

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One Per Cent

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One Per Cent

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One Per Cent

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Tiny origami robot self-folds, walks and recycles itself

Technology

Tiny origami robot self-folds, walks and recycles itself

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Origami doughnut squashes up to protect what's inside

Physics

Origami doughnut squashes up to protect what's inside

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How to make an origami universe

Space

How to make an origami universe

The rules by which gravity sculpts the cosmos are mirrored in the Japanese art of paper folding – we show you how to do it yourself

Features

Self-organising origami robot unfolds itself… and walks

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Technology

Self-organising origami robot unfolds itself… and walks

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Life

See ya, latex: Reinventing the condom

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Life

Folded DNA becomes Trojan horse to attack cancer

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