Thick-panel origami has shown great potential in engineering applications. However, the thick-panel origami created by current design methods cannot be readily adopted to structural applications due ...

Materials science is the domain of understanding materials at the microscopic, often atomic, level to improve them. The most common goal is to make a material stronger than in its classical form, be ...

We see the trend in 3D technology everywhere: Movie theaters, home theaters, game consoles, 3D printers. But researchers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology recently discovered that creating a 3D ...

Researchers at Aalto University believe the answer may not be more antennas, repeaters, or powered networking equipment.

When striving for long-term sustainability, designers have latitude as to how complex a system they wish to design. Build sustainability into every aspect of the control panel’s life—design, ...