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See more of Erik and Martin Demaine's sculptures

Season 16 | 4m 47s

At the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Erik and Martin Demaine combine math with art. Erik is an MIT professor of computer science and the father-son team takes inspiration from their research to create unique curved-crease origami sculptures from folded paper.

See more of Erik and Martin Demaine's sculptures
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