Origami and kirigami

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There have been numerous installments of Math Monday on origami or kirigami of one mathematical form or another, but today is the first time we've covered a classic workhorse from this genre: the Sonobe modular origami unit. One of the simplest and most versatile of the modular units, there's so much to say about Sonobe that today we're going to start from the basics (parallelogram one?) and next time we'll take it to places I hope you've never seen it go before.

Kirigami is a form of paper art similar to origami. The difference is that in origami, you fold paper whereas in kirigami, you fold and cut paper. I was very fascinated about the concept of kirigam…

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Looking for a fun and relaxing activity? Try your hand at making miniature origami flowers! Our blog post has everything you need to get started. 🌱 #CraftingFun #OrigamiArt #CreativeProjects Picture is meant as an example

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It's always a bit strange saying goodbye to a yearlong project, so it feels right to do so with a bit of a celebration rather than just letting it fade away. Kirigami is something close to my heart -

Nanokirigami is based on the ancient arts of origami (making 3-D shapes by folding paper) and kirigami (which allows cutting as well as folding) but applied to flat materials at the nanoscale. Now, researchers at MIT and in China have applied this approach to the creation of nanodevices to manipulate light, potentially opening new possibilities for light-based communications, detection, or computational devices.