Folding and paper engineering take us to an interesting intersection of materials and environmental science every time you set up for a new project. How? It's your personal call about which material is selected and how you will source it; how...
June 2011. What a big month for me and Origami Salami, a project I formally launched two years ago to investigate the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) in paper folding. June 1, 2011 marks the precise date that my...
While we all know that the ancient art form of origami creates amazingly beautiful art pieces, and some imaginatively intricate and interesting designs, it’s also now being used in science and technology applications. Yes, it’s true...
Have you ever pulled something out of the freezer, like a frozen waffle, that had ice crystals on it? Snowflakes are made up of many very small ice crystals that have formed into specific shapes; sometimes that shape is a flake. In...
Unless you are an expert, magnetism can be a confusing topic. We all know that magnets are attracted to or repel certain elementary materials. But what makes this phenomenon occur?
Magnetism is a force that occurs in the...
