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Taking shape: Origami inspirations for 3D printing Medical Plastics News Zadpoor looks to the Japanese art of origami to solve this deadlock. Flat surfaces are 3D printed in a way to teach them how to self-fold. The surface is then decorated with complex nano-patterns. Finally, the self-folding mechanism is activated (for ...