Folding Tech: Using Origami and Nature to Revolutionize Technology

This nonfiction book examines folding technologies in objects ranging from space probes and self-assembling robots to cars designed to absorb crashes. It explains how engineers draw ideas from origami and from natural forms, including ladybug wings and tree leaves that compact large surfaces into small spaces. The book also covers origami's history and considers how folding principles help address problems in architecture, technology, and medicine.