> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://nkintc.gitbook.io/brainless/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://nkintc.gitbook.io/brainless/steam/art/origami/foldermath/list-of-resources/papers-programs-and-inspirations.md).

# Papers, Programs, and Inspirations

Papers

Programs

Inspirations

Mechanisms

* [kawasaki rose](http://www.josephwu.com/Files/PDF/rose.pdf)
* [full bloom kawasaki rose](http://www.origami-flower.org/kawasaki-rose-full-bloom.php)
* [Laser creasing](https://www.instructables.com/id/folding-paper-with-a-laser-cutter/) paper
* and more [complex forms](https://www.instructables.com/id/Laser-Etched-Paper-for-Folding-Complex-Forms/)
* [Plastic Bending](https://hcie.csail.mit.edu/research/laserorigami/laserorigami.html) origami
* [Lavin's directory](http://web.mit.edu/lavin/www/origami/)
* [origami crease art](https://polyscene.com)
* [Rabbit ear](https://github.com/robbykraft/Origami) source code and [paper](http://erikdemaine.org/papers/OrigamiSimulator_Origami7/paper.pdf)
* [Origami vs Kirigami](https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1369702117306399#f0065)
* [Maze folder](http://erikdemaine.org/fonts/maze/) by Erik Demaine and his [class](http://courses.csail.mit.edu/6.849/fall10/lectures/), in particular lectures [10](http://courses.csail.mit.edu/6.849/fall10/lectures/L10.pdf), [20](http://courses.csail.mit.edu/6.849/fall10/lectures/L20_images.pdf), [22](http://courses.csail.mit.edu/6.849/fall10/lectures/L22.pdf). Guest final lecture by Tachi for [L23](http://courses.csail.mit.edu/6.849/fall10/lectures/L23_images.pdf).
* [Origami-based tunable truss structures for non-volatile mechanical memory operation](https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-017-00670-w?fbclid=IwAR1amNAUPoJ6HPDpVuAXjWZhvaxMK2tJ0kDW2yp6acYux65Y__uoB7VgaAM) with additional [paper context](https://advances.sciencemag.org/content/5/5/eaau2835)
* [Similarly meta materials](https://www.aps.org/publications/apsnews/201604/metamaterials.cfm) and on [nanoscale](https://www.pnas.org/content/112/40/12321?ijkey=7c104f1e94d7e171b562d41961bd2119b5f0ba02\&keytype2=tf_ipsecsha)
* [Augmented square twist](http://mars.wne.edu/~thull/ast/ast.html), were a diagonal line allows it to be rigidly foldable in the [online simulator](https://origamisimulator.org), there would no field stress. Simulator's associated [paper](http://erikdemaine.org/papers/OrigamiSimulator_Origami7/).
* Github origami [river circle packing](https://github.com/bschwyn/Origami)
* [crease pattern viewer](http://erikdemaine.org/cp-editor/) with [gitcode](https://github.com/edemaine/cp-editor)
* [Maze folder](http://erikdemaine.org/fonts/maze/) by Erik Demaine and his
* [Free form origami](https://origami.c.u-tokyo.ac.jp/~tachi/software/) program
* [reference finder](https://finder.origami.tools/#)
* Explanatory summary [here](https://origami.me/crease-pattern-theory/)
* RabbitEar has an [npn documentation](https://rabbitear.org/docs/) which works off on a [FOLD](https://rabbitear.org/docs/graph.php) representation. Still pretty rough [online](https://beta.rabbitear.org/diagram/) work without an undo. [API ](https://svg.rabbitear.org)works great though.
* Kawasaki Rose [finished](http://www.origami-flower.org/kawasaki-rose-new-swirl/page-47.php), [intermediate](http://www.josephwu.com/Files/PDF/rose.pdf), and [beginner](http://www.origami-flower.org/howto-kawasaki-rose.php)