A traditional syringe has a plastic tube with a string-thin steel needle. It has steel, polyethylene, rubber, resin, adhesive, and thermal dye in one product. It means a lot of waste and is strenuous to upcycle or decompose. Velasco's helix only contained FlexiOG UV, which is heat-curable silicon, but it still has the stiffness of the needle with better flexibility overall. The design gets inspiration from the ability to compact volume without being lost in origami.
We can create a plethora of shapes and forms with a single sheet of paper in origami. We can successfully mimic and innovate the origami to suit our design needs for engineering, product, or built space. We can see a paradigm shift in how we design things. With its remarkable versatility and functionality, origami is posing to revolutionize design and engineering as we knew it. Not just to optimize our design but to make sure we have a sustainable or even better regenerative design. Sustainability is a lofty goal that is difficult to realize, but origami helps us step forward in designing for sustainability.
Dear @juecoree, Origami designs can reduce waste of resources and space than traditional designs.
However, can the strength and reliability of the materials used in origami designs be guaranteed?
Only when strong and reliable material engineering and chemical technology advances can the origami design become popular!