At the University of Southern California’s Information Sciences Institute, researchers have developed an origami-like technique to fold sheets of silicon and gold into 3D enclosing shapes such as the 30 micrometer pyramid above. The scientists hope the technology will one day allow for a new mechanism of transporting drugs through the body.
Press release: Mini-Origami: ISI Folds Up Tiny Packages for Drug Delivery
(hat tip: Gizmodo)
Micro Drug Packaging Out of Origami
May 5th, 2008 
Medgadget Editors Nanomedicine