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Origami computer uses folded paper for calculations

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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

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Feather-light artificial muscles lift 1000 times own weight

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A ladybird opening its wings

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Ladybird’s transparent shell reveals how it folds its wings

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Shape-shifting matter could let houses crumple themselves away

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Shape-shifting matter could let houses crumple themselves away

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Bacteria build bendy plastic that astronauts could use for tools

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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

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Tiny origami robot self-folds, walks and recycles itself

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Origami doughnut squashes up to protect what's inside

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Origami doughnut squashes up to protect what's inside

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How to make an origami universe

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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

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Self-organising origami robot unfolds itself… and walks

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Self-organising origami robot unfolds itself… and walks

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See ya, latex: Reinventing the condom

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Folded DNA becomes Trojan horse to attack cancer

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