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Research Material

QUESTIONS To KEEP IN MIND:

What does the art of origami have to do with engineering?
How can a paper plane or boomerang be designed to 'come back'?
Does the angle at which we throw a paper plane or boomerang, effect its speed and whether it comes back?

Engineering with origami!

Today, engineering principles and the art of origami come together to provide solutions to highly complex design problems.

Applications span a variety of fields, including medicine, architecture, vehicle design, and even space exploration!

Ingestible origami robots!

A tiny origami robot in a capsule... unfolds itself in the body, and crawls across the stomach wall to remove a swallowed object, or patch a wound!

VIDEO: Ingestible origami robot!

Giant origami star blocker

NASA is using origami principles to build a giant star blocker, in the hope of imaging distant worlds.

VIDEO: How NASA Engineers Use Origami To Design Future Spacecraft

PAPER PLANES & PAPER BOOMERANGS!

Below is a selection of videos showing you how to engineer paper in different ways, to create a flying device. Feel free to explore online, and find other resources.

CAUTION:

It can be exciting to test a flying device. But remember - do not throw your creations near or at people, animals, or anything that shouldn't be broken.