A new 3D printing technique can create paper-thin "magnetic muscles," which can be applied to origami structures to make them ...

The next generation of soft robots might be folding and sliding as effortlessly as living tissue, say a team of engineers who ...

Once inside, a magnetic field guides and unfolds it at the target site, where it releases medicine in a controlled and steady ...

A new 3-D printing technique can create paper-thin "magnetic muscles," which can be applied to origami structures to make them move.

With all the UMPCs being rolled out lately, Apple appears to be preparing one of its own, filing patents for a number of telltale technologies. First, in a patent application dated today, we see a ...

Load-bearing structures like bridges and shelters can be made with origami modules -- versatile components that can fold compactly and adapt into different shapes -- engineers have demonstrated. For ...