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World Service,01 Jul 1998,28 mins

Shake-Proof Buildings

The Works

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An earthquake wreaked havoc in the Mediterranean, a novel approach to creating shake-proof buildings. How paper inspired manufacturing. Making the worlds tiniest machine parts by copying Origami.

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