Nano-Origami
March 5, 2009
Folding paper into shapes such as a crane or a butterfly is challenging enough for most people. Now imagine trying to fold something that’s about a hundred times thinner than a human hair and then putting it to use as an electronic device. In this video, flaps of a polymer sheet are folded into a corner of a cube. An external magnetic field interacts with a current flowing through wires embedded in the sheet, causing the sheets to fold up. credit: MIT
Topics:
Technology Internet, Arts, Paper folding, Origami, Recreational mathematics, Magnet, Visual arts