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Practical applications for origami
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The Japanese paper folding art of Origami has been instrumental in the career of Dr. Robert Lang.
The practicality of his engineering and scientific research began to influence his origami designs, until the line between the two began to blur. His most ambitious project to date, however, is shared with a team at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, with whom he has developed a space telescope – one that is forty times larger than the Hubble and collapsible for space travel through a series of precise origami folds.
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Spud () Newbie | 2008-01-06 14:31:45
there are many fundamental principles used in folding - werther it's paper or metal - some people have a natural ability to see and understand how they can be used and obviously this guy has
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Anonymous () Newbie | 2008-01-06 14:34:44
a lot easier to cut up and fold paper tho'
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Stan () Newbie | 2008-01-07 05:20:33
it all works the same - just on a bigger scale
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