Tag Archives: Origami

BYU student discovers previously unknown “blooming flower” origami folding pattern. The new technique has an infinite number of variations that can expand into 3-D forms. The designs have potential applications in space systems, medical devices and architecture. Brigham Young University student Kelvin (Zhongyuan) Wang’s love of paper folding just led to a discovery that added a new chapter to an …

Origami Bloom Patterns Could Help Build Folding Structures in Space  The New York Times Source link

Building a spacecraft could one day be as simple as folding a piece of paper into a plane and letting aerodynamics do the rest. A team of researchers from the University of Tokyo simulated the release of a paper airplane from the International Space Station (ISS) to see if would survive atmospheric reentry. In a paper published in Acta Astronautica, …