MIT researchers inflate origami to revolutionize the packaging industry

A team of MIT Media Lab researchers is expanding the potential of origami, literally. The AeroMorph collection starts with sheets of paper, plastic, or textile, into which a network of air passages in geometric patterns have been pressed by manual
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