{"id":235933,"date":"2024-06-24T20:55:21","date_gmt":"2024-06-24T20:55:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/24\/origami-computer-uses-folded-paper-for-calculations\/"},"modified":"2025-06-25T17:16:18","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T17:16:18","slug":"origami-computer-uses-folded-paper-for-calculations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/24\/origami-computer-uses-folded-paper-for-calculations\/","title":{"rendered":"Origami computer uses folded paper for calculations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<figure class=\"ArticleImage\">\n<div class=\"Image__Wrapper\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"Image\" width=\"1349\" height=\"900\" alt=\"New Scientist. Science news and long reads from expert journalists, covering developments in science, technology, health and the environment on the website and the magazine.\" src=\"https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/24123832\/SEI_210181282.jpg\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1288px) 837px, (min-width: 1024px) calc(57.5vw + 55px), (min-width: 415px) calc(100vw - 40px), calc(70vw + 74px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/24123832\/SEI_210181282.jpg?width=300 300w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/24123832\/SEI_210181282.jpg?width=400 400w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/24123832\/SEI_210181282.jpg?width=500 500w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/24123832\/SEI_210181282.jpg?width=600 600w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/24123832\/SEI_210181282.jpg?width=700 700w, 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1500w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/24123832\/SEI_210181282.jpg?width=1600 1600w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/24123832\/SEI_210181282.jpg?width=1674 1674w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/24123832\/SEI_210181282.jpg?width=1700 1700w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/24123832\/SEI_210181282.jpg?width=1800 1800w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/24123832\/SEI_210181282.jpg?width=1900 1900w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/24123832\/SEI_210181282.jpg?width=2006 2006w\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" data-image-context=\"Article\" data-image-id=\"2436704\" data-caption=\"An origami logic gate could form the basis of a computer\" data-credit=\"Michael Assis\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"ArticleImageCaption\">\n<div class=\"ArticleImageCaption__CaptionWrapper\">\n<p class=\"ArticleImageCaption__Title\">An origami logic gate could form the basis of a computer<\/p>\n<p class=\"ArticleImageCaption__Credit\">Michael Assis<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n<p>Paper folded according to the rules of origami can theoretically perform any computation imaginable, from adding numbers to running the latest artificial intelligence software, though in practice this is unlikely to be useful.<\/p>\n<p>While we normally think of computation as something done using silicon chips, anything capable of representing and manipulating information can be used as a computer<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 for example, dominoes arranged in the correct pattern are able to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=OpLU__bhu2w\">add together two numbers<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/origami.net.au\/artist_directory\/michael-assis\/\">Michael\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a 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