origami
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Clever Origami Travel Mouse Folds Thinner Than Your Laptop
If you’re a road warrior who does most of their work away from a desk or an office, travel gadgets are undoubtedly an obsession, and the Air.0 mouse might just be a must-have for those who prefer using a mouse over a trackpad, but don’t want bulging out of their laptop case.
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Curved Origami Offers A Creative Route To Making Robots And Other Mechanical Devices
The big idea Building robotic grippers that can firmly grasp heavy objects and also gently grasp delicate ones usually requires complicated sets of gears, hinges and motors. But it turns out that it’s also possible to make grippers out of simple sheets of flexible material with the right creases in them. Our lab at Arizona…
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Make Your Own Origami Unicorn From The Original Blade Runner
Blade Runner 2049 is just over a month away. You need to prepare for the experience. You’ve watched the original (and preferred cut), yet something inside you yearns for more. A token, perhaps? What better symbol for one’s undying love of Ridley Scott’s cyberpunk classic than the origami unicorn from the end of the film?…
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Flipping Through This Pop-Up Book Is More Relaxing Than A Thousand Zen Gardens
Sitting back with a good book is a popular way to help relieve stress. But artist Tauba Auerbach has created an incredibly intricate pop-up book, devoid of any words, that will totally relax you simply by opening and closing each page. Watching these 2D pages transform into 3D structures is better than tending to an…