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Author:

Kenney, Karen Latchana, author.

Title:

Folding tech : using origami and nature to revolutionize technology / by Karen Latchana Kenney.

Publisher:

Twenty-First Century Booksan imprint of Lerner Publishing Group, Inc.,

Copyright Date:

2021

Description:

104 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm

Subject:

Origami--Industrial applications--Juvenile literature.
Biomimicry--Juvenile literature.
Machine design--Juvenile literature.
Folds (Form)--Juvenile literature.
Juvenile works.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Inside the folds : from paper to robots -- Nature's origami : leaf buds, bug wings, and proteins -- The language of folding : origami math -- Folding thick : engineering origami -- Our foldable future.

Summary:

"This book discusses the history and current state of high-tech folding in the world of manufacturing and how it is informed by folding in the natural world. Readers meet the leading scientists and artists in the field, learn about the manufacturing applications of folding in aerospace and other fields, and where folding technology is going in the future."-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

1541533046
9781541533042

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1089841533

LCCN:

2019009069

Locations:

GBPF771 -- Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library (Ankeny)

T2PB062 -- Atkins Public Library (Atkins) — t2pb062

XXPH787 -- Council Bluffs Public Library (Council Bluffs)

ETPD745 -- Emmetsburg Public Library (Emmetsburg)

GOPG641 -- Marshalltown Public Library (Marshalltown)

JKPC771 -- Polk City Community Library (Polk City)

SFPH074 -- Waterloo Public Library (Waterloo)