Engineers draw inspiration from geometrical frustration to create programmable surfaces

Springs, squeegees and soda straws function with a common property—they are rigid in one direction and flexible in another. Structures like these, with properties that vary across dimensions, have played critical roles in human technology from the longbow to the booster rocket.

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