A 14-year-old boy has folded origami that can hold 10,000 times its weight. Miles Wu used the Miura-ori fold, which is known for collapsing and expanding with precision. He’d like to use his origami experiments to help improve pop-up emergency shelters, which currently are “sometimes strong,” sometimes “easily deployable,” and sometimes “can compact really small,” but rarely all three. sciencealert.com/14-year-old-w…
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14-Year-Old Wins Prize For Origami That Can Hold 10,000 Times Its Own Weight : ScienceAlert
While most 14-year-olds are folding paper airplanes, Miles Wu is folding origami patterns that he believes could one day improve disaster relief.Business Insider (ScienceAlert)
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