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Grab one of the First 1,000 Origami Folded Robots

Grab one of the First 1,000 Origami Folded Robots

By Andrew Terranova

Andrew Terranova

Andrew Terranova is an electrical engineer, writer and author of How Things Are Made: From Automobiles to Zippers. Andrew is also an electronics and robotics enthusiast and has created and curated robotics exhibits for the Children's Museum of Somerset County, NJ and taught robotics classes for the Kaleidoscope Enrichment in Blairstown, NJ and for a public primary school. Andrew is always looking for ways to engage makers and educators.

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Dash Robotics launches a fundraising campaign at Dragon Innovation for their bio-inspired origami folded robot.

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How-To: LED Origami Lotus Flowers and Frogs

How-To: LED Origami Lotus Flowers and Frogs

By Haley Pierson-Cox

Haley Pierson-Cox

Haley Pierson-Cox from Red-Handled Scissors is a maker of crafts, a lover of cats, an avid swearing enthusiast, a cross-stitch book author, and a general purveyor of quirk. She's also sometimes an irritable cartoon named Tiny Cranky Haley. https://www.redhandledscissors.com

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Give your paper crafts a fun electronic upgrade with this LED origami tutorial!

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How-To: Origami Bunny Decorations

How-To: Origami Bunny Decorations

By Haley Pierson-Cox

Haley Pierson-Cox

Haley Pierson-Cox from Red-Handled Scissors is a maker of crafts, a lover of cats, an avid swearing enthusiast, a cross-stitch book author, and a general purveyor of quirk. She's also sometimes an irritable cartoon named Tiny Cranky Haley. https://www.redhandledscissors.com

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Make adorable paper rabbit decorations—with bonus mobile instructions—with this origami bunny tutorial!

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Math Monday: Introducing the Sonobe Unit

Math Monday: Introducing the Sonobe Unit

By Glen Whitney

Glen Whitney

Executive Director, Museum of Mathematics

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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.

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How-To: Origami Heart Cards

How-To: Origami Heart Cards

By Haley Pierson-Cox

Haley Pierson-Cox

Haley Pierson-Cox from Red-Handled Scissors is a maker of crafts, a lover of cats, an avid swearing enthusiast, a cross-stitch book author, and a general purveyor of quirk. She's also sometimes an irritable cartoon named Tiny Cranky Haley. https://www.redhandledscissors.com

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Need a few last-minute valentines? Check out this origami heart cards tutorial!

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