You can see some examples of this fold in the Elliot Building origami display (here is a link to my post about that). Since our first assembly of the display, I have made several more!
Astrophysicist Koryo Miura developed this fold as a way of packing things such as solar panels flat, so that they could be very easily opened (and closed) in space. Because of this space connection I asked a colleague from Physics & Astronomy to donate something more space-related for me to fold, to replace the math research poster I had originally used for our display. In this video, you can see me demonstrating the two-points-of-contact folding and unfolding that the Miura fold provides:
I will update the Elliot Building displays soon, to include this space-themed example. I will also add some examples made from geological survey maps, donated by a colleague from Earth & Ocean Sciences, because the Miura fold is also excellent for storing maps.
Thank you to Arif Babul (Physics & Astronomy) and Duncan Johannessen (Earth & Ocean Sciences) for the donations!