... the other origami artists featured in the exhibit is Robert J. Lang, who is also a physicist. He says in addition to the beauty of origami, there are applications for important technical innovations. “People over the last 20 years have used origami techniques to make heart stents, telescopes and airbags ...
... description of origami, of folding, it’s not only useful in the creation of art, but it’s also useful in the solution of other technological problems,” Lang told Winerman. Link to the story right here and to a narrated slide show of some of Lang’s amazingly complex origami.
... I simply seek a world without war," said Koichi Kawano, an 85-year-old survivor who laid flowers at the hypocenter monument decorated with colorful origami paper cranes and other offerings. Some others prayed at churches in Nagasaki, home to Catholic converts who went deep underground during centuries of violent ...
... the small nation of Grenada, paradise in peril. Jason deCaires Taylor: They're small boats. They're made to look like they're fabricated in origami. They're actually made in marine stainless steel. And they encompass these local school children. And they have sails which also sort of depict ...
... 1970s among a generation of designers and artists who reached global fame by defining a Japanese vision that was unique from the West. Miyake's origami-like pleats transformed usually crass polyester into chic. He also used computer technology in weaving to create apparel. His down-to-earth clothing was ...
... before its infrared eyes are ready to start scanning the cosmos. First, the telescope’s enormous mirror and sunshield need to unfurl; they were folded origami-style to fit into the rocket’s nose cone. Otherwise, the observatory won’t be able to peer back in time 13.7 billion ...
... from French Guiana on an Ariane rocket built by the European Space Agency. A few days after launch, the telescope is slated to start unfolding origami-style. I's an intricate two-week deployment filled with mission-threatening Achilles' heels, in space parlance, single-point failures. Bill Ochs is the ...
... start scanning the cosmos. Watch the launch in the player above. First, the telescope’s enormous mirror and sunshield need to unfurl; they were folded origami-style to fit into the rocket's nose cone. Otherwise, the observatory won’t be able to peer back in time 13.7 billion ...
... Nelson told the AP. "So the whole thing has got to work perfectly." The Webb telescope is so big that it had to be folded origami-style to fit into the nose cone of the European Ariane rocket for liftoff from the coast of French Guiana in South America. Its ...
... during World War II with the reflective movements of the IS/LAND dancers, and Goedert’s Tsuru for Solidarity ikebana sculpture will also appear with origami cranes adorning it. “These women’s stories of resilience and survival, in the face of anti-Asian bigotry and a restrictive patriarchal society, spotlight ...
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