Researchers used kirigami, the art of Japanese paper cutting and folding, to develop ultrastrong, lightweight materials that have tunable mechanical properties, like stiffness and flexibility. These ...

The Japanese art of “kirigami”, or paper cutting, has been used by scientists in the US to make electrically conductive composite sheets more elastic, increasing their strain from 4% to 370%, without ...

(Nanowerk News) A new approach to producing metamaterials draws on kirigami techniques to make three-dimensional, reconfigurable building blocks that can be used to create complex, dynamic structures.

A centuries-old Japanese art form could give rise to next-generation manufacturing methods, like cork as strong as steel. By Andrew Paul Published Aug 23, 2023 12:00 PM EDT Get the Popular Science ...

Shenqiang Ren does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...

"Using the ancient art of Kirigami to make an eyeball-like camera." ScienceDaily. www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2021 / 06 / 210628170523.htm (accessed October 10, 2025).

image: MIT researchers used kirigami, the art of Japanese paper cutting and folding, to develop ultrastrong, lightweight materials that have tunable mechanical properties, like stiffness and ...

Cunjiang Yu, Bill D. Cook Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Houston, is reporting the development of a camera with a curvy, adaptable imaging sensor that could improve ...