Researchers place living cells on microplates. When induced to contract, the cells cause the plates to fold into cubes, dodecahedra, and spirals. http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0051085 video is quite good: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xhGYwDwUIY At first I thought this wasn't really origami but then again, it is not that different than folding Fujimoto's cube from the crease pattern. Yeah - I guess that's close enough to origami. Diana
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