Ghostkubes are origami-inspired, shape-shifting building blocks. Connected by hinges, these cubes can be manipulated in a variety of ways.

The researchers were able to move the cubes into more than 1,000 shapes using only three active motors. Those shapes included tunnel-like structures, bridge-like structures and even multi-story ...

The authors say that the design of microbot origami mimics nature. "The cube sequence programs the shapes of the folding microbots. Proteins work in the same way," Shields said.

Sequence-encoded colloidal origami and microbot assemblies from patchy magnetic cubes. Science Advances, 2017; 3 (8): e1701108 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.1701108 ...

Now that's a real SHAPE-SHIFTER: Material that can change size, volume and stiffness could lead to 'reprogrammable' buildings Material uses a structure inspired by origami technique called ...

The researchers refer to the polymer cubes as “microbot origami,” tiny, modular objects that can be reconfigured into countless shapes.

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Ethan Shoshan, a 25-year-old New Yorker, makes small, multicolored origami cubes -- he calls them "Paper Bombs" -- and places them in public spaces.