"Amplituhedra and origami" (2025) https://arxiv.org/abs/2410.09574 ... "Origami Patterns Solve a Major Physics Riddle" (2025) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45492704 :

> In a proof posted in October 2024 (opens a new tab), he showed that patterns that arise in origami can be translated into a set of points that together form the amplituhedron. Somehow, the way paper folds and the way particles collide produce the same geometric shape.

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There's also DNA Origami for (carbon-based) transistors and circuits;

- /? dna origami

- "DNA-directed nanofabrication of high-performance carbon nanotube field-effect transistors" (2020) https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aaz7435 .. https://scholar.google.com/scholar?cites=6627424304923246000...

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Really ironically, perhaps lignin and carbon would be better materials for origami circuit boards? Materials to simulate electrons and photons in; Lignolux Sustainablefactory sustainable computing and computing materials: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49053673