One of the problems with natural disasters and man-made disasters alike is that you can't always tell when they're going to happen. Sometimes, they knock out important structures, like bridges that ...

The traditional Japanese art of origami may have originated using paper, but now, the intricate folds have inspired what scientists claim to be “the world’s fastest, largest, strongest, and lightest ...

Load-bearing structures like bridges and shelters can be made with origami modules -- versatile components that can fold compactly and adapt into different shapes -- engineers have demonstrated. For ...

Eat your heart out, GI Joe Bridge Layer. A team from the Graduate School of Engineering in Hiroshima University has developed a temporary and portable bridge design that unfolds itself like an ...

Whether they're floods, earthquakes or landslides, natural disasters have a nasty habit of cutting survivors off from aid by destroying bridges. While traditional portable bridges can already be set ...

The bridge can be ready for traffic within an hour of its initial deployment, say the researchers Engineers have successfully tested a mobile bridge based on origami that could be deployed in disaster ...

[youtube =http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9RL9IB90M2o&w=537&h-302] Natural disasters have a way of showing us how fragile and unpredictable our lives can be. Survivors ...

Japanese engineer Dr Ichiro Ario has designed a new mobile bridge based on the principles of origami, which could speed up emergency relief to cut-off areas following natural disasters. The Mobile ...

Engineers have successfully tested a mobile bridge based on origami that could be deployed in disaster zones. In a test, Mobile Bridge version 4.0 was set up without any foundations by only a few ...