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. 2016 Mar 11;7:10929. doi: 10.1038/ncomms10929

Figure 1. Our work is inspired by snapology.

Figure 1

(a) Snapology is a type of modular, unit-based origami in which paper ribbons are folded, and ‘snapped' together to assemble extruded polyhedra, such as the extruded icosahedron shown. (b) Some of the geometries that can be made in this way, including the extruded icosahedron, are almost rigid. (c) In contrast, other geometries, including the extruded cube, have multiple degrees of freedom and can be easily deformed.