Imagine a house that could fit in a backpack or a wall that could become a window with the flick of a switch. Harvard researchers have designed a new type of foldable material that is versatile, ...

What’s new — In a paper published Wednesday in Science Robotics, researchers detail their design for an origami-inspired, shape-shifting tire that can change its own structure, switching between the ...

Living creatures have inspired many fascinating engineering designs, keeping the scientific community on the lookout constantly for the next novel idea. This time, the crossover between biology and ...

Chuck Hoberman's eponymous sphere is one of the best-loved toys of the last quarter century. But it's only one example of his incredible work in transformable design. From adaptive nanotech to ...