Could a flat piece of fabric hold a 3D shape, the way paper does in origami? Aiming to find out, researchers from the Cornell ...

The starting point for origami, the art of folding paper, is the Japanese culture but as this became a complex form of art its influence and popularity grew worldwide.

Abstract: This paper presents a novel approach to realize 3D-printed flexible reconfigurable antennas, along with a proof-of-concept tunable bow-tie antenna inspired from Chinese origami fan.