Studying the epic journey of the iconic jumping plumber can lead to new insights in theoretical computer science—and may help ...

The computer scientist Erik Demaine and his artist and computer scientist father, Martin Demaine, have been pushing the limits of paper folding for years. Their intricate origami sculptures are part ...

Erik Demaine, an associate professor of computer science and engineering at MIT; his father, Martin Demaine, a visiting scientist at MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory; ...

Origami splash, by Erik and Martin Demaine Black Man, by Eric Joisel (from the collection of Robert Lang) David Huffman, with one of his paper foldings, in 1978. “Origami: Art + Mathematics,” an ...

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It’s no surprise that Erik Demaine counts juggling among his hobbies. The 24-year-old–a home-schooled child prodigy who became M.I.T.’s youngest professor ever at age 20–picks off one arcane math ...

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 ...

In anticipation of the exhibition 40 under 40: Craft Futures, on view at the Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum from July 20, 2012 -- February 3, 2013, the museum asked the 40 ...

The computer scientist Erik Demaine and his artist and computer scientist father, Martin Demaine, have been pushing the limits of paper folding for years. Their intricate origami sculptures are part ...