14-Year-Old Wins Prize For Origami That Can Hold 10,000 Times Its Own Weight

10 months ago by Der aus Aux to c/origami

While most 14-year-olds are folding paper airplanes, Miles Wu is folding origami patterns that he believes could one day improve disaster relief.
orbituary 7 points 10 months ago

reproduce it with steel or concrete or some sort of carbon fiber and it'll be amazing. hope he gets the credit he deserves over time.

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anomnom 4 points 10 months ago

The squared cube law might limit or prevent it, but hopefully the kid has a future in engineering (if they want one).

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orbituary 2 points 10 months ago

I think you're potentially right. Carbon fiber structures might be the answer.

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