One of the Japanese traditions is who ever can make 1,000 paper cranes will receive one wish. For example this wish could be to save a life. Some origami principles combined with science could actually save lives. One researcher (Zhong You) at Oxford University and his colleagues developed a heart stint. It works by using one of the concepts from...
How do you get a humongous solar panel into space in a small compartment of a rocket? NASA engineers used origami to plan how solar panels can fold up to fit into a small compartment and how the solar panel will break away from the rocket after being launched into space. These solar panels block the sun's path, so...
A group of scientists used origami to design robots that can be remotely put together by themselves. These robots were designed by students at MIT and Harvard University.
According to Popular Science and Robert J. Lang Origami articles, automotive designers say it is hard to design an airbag because they need to be stored in a small compartment. They also need to properly inflate and deflate in a safe way. The automotive designers used origami to figure out a way to fold up an airbag into a small...
Through my research, I came upon some information about Akira Yoshizawa or "The Father of Origami". He lived from March 14, 1911 - March 14, 2005. In his early 20s, he worked at a factory as a technician. He was responsible for teaching new employees geometry and to do this he used origami. He decided to use origami because he...
Here is a article I found by Norma Boakes, Ed. D. Associate Professor of Education, School of Education, Richard Stockton College of New Jersey. It tells how origami is helping students all around the world with their struggles in geometry.