That’s right, MIT researchers have developed programmable material that can fold itself when electrical impulses are applied. Their prototype self-folding origami is basically “made from a custom fabricated material with triangular sections moved thin-foil actuators and magnets embedded into the flexible surface.” Video after the break.

[via Technabob]

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