B. But did you ever stop to think how the same techniques might be applied to engineer equipment that could be of real practical use? In fact, origamiinspired creations have already flown in space: in 1995, Japanese engineers launched a satellite with solar panels that folded like a map And very soon origami engineering may well be seen in a host of other applications.
C.'It's now mathematically proven that you can pretty much fold anything, says physicist Robert
Lang, who quit his engineering job in Califomia eight years ago to fold things full-time. Lang, an origami enthusiast since the age of six, acvised a well-known car manufacturer on the best way to fold an airbag into a dashboard. He is currently working on a space telescope lens that, if all goes
to plan, should be able to unfold to the a football pitch
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