Origami-inspired technology enables the development of strong, versatile building materials from flat-pack tubes Introduction Engineers at RMIT University have developed a groundbreaking tubular structural system that p acks flat for convenient trans port, then ex p ands into durable building materials using a self-locking mechanism ins pired by curved-crease origami. Design Ins piration Dr. Jeff (Ting-Uei) Lee and Distinguished Professor Mike (Yi Min) Xie, lead researchers, ex plained that the tube design draws ins piration from bamboo's natural reinforcement structures. Quotes "The self-locking system stems from an innovative geometric design," said Lee from RMIT's School of Engineering. "Our solution is scalable--a 1.3 kg panel of interconnected tubes can effortlessly su p port a 75 kg individual." A p plications Flat- pack tubes are now a sta ple in engineering and scientific disci plines, including their use in biomedical devices, aeros pace systems,...
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