Event 1 | Origami Revolution

 

I attended the Origami Revolution watch event on April 6, 2021. The movie was really interesting. I used to fold origami pieces when I was younger but stopped now. I would recommend this event because I genuinely found it very interesting. I've always been interested in origami, but I never realized how it would be applied to science. It's super interesting to see how my hobby has been adopted in the scientific community and has uses beyond just art.


Origami has always been an art, and this movie has shown how origami can help the scientific community as well. Origami is an example where science and arts come together, which is a key part of this class. The Origami Revolution movie showed applications of origami in science with folded solar panels to save space. NASA has limited space on their rocket ships. Origami allowed for solar panels to be folded up and save space, so more panels were able to be brought. Another adoption of the is was the use of origami in police tools. A police barricade used origami, so it would be compact and be easily deployable. The police officers rely on these barricades to protect themselves against bullet fire. Having the barricade be easily foldable and compact is important so police officers are able to deploy them at a moment's notice.

https://www.thisiswhyimbroke.com/bullet-proof-folding-origami-shield/

I found it super interesting how something so small and compact was able to be bulletproof. Origami allowed for a bulletproof shield to be folded up and be deployable making it safer for the lives of police officers.

I've folded origami when I was younger, most of the stuff from a single sheet of paper, but other times I would create 3D origami pieces using multiple triangles that would be arranged to form different shapes. It was super interesting to see a flat piece of paper turn into so many different shapes. As well as when I did the 3D origami using a bunch of small pieces to make a larger piece of art. For me, origami was a hobby, and I viewed it exclusively as an art. This class focuses on the role of art in other subjects. This movie showed how art is utilized in science, with NASA saving space, or developing tools to save the lives of police officers.

Origami swans that I made myself







Citations

Aditya Chaturvedi, et al. “Did You Know Origami Helps NASA Scientists with Spacecraft Designs?” Geospatial World, 29 June 2018, www.geospatialworld.net/blogs/origami-help-nasa-scientists-spacecraft/#:~:text=NASA%20engineers%20use%20origami%20not,in%20the%20minimum%20possible%20volume%3F.

“BYU Create Origami Bulletproof Shield.” Designboom, 20 Feb. 2017, www.designboom.com/design/origami-bulletproof-shield-brigham-young-university-02-20-2017/.

“Scientists Toy with Origami As A Solution.” American Physical Society, www.aps.org/publications/apsnews/200208/origami.cfm#:~:text=%22Origami%20helps%20in%20the%20study,a%20lot%20easier%20to%20apply.




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