New Origami Shapes

[robcat2075]

 

Newly Discovered Origami Patterns Put the Bloom on the Fold

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Bloom patterns could be useful, as engineers build folding structures to send to outer space. They’re also very pretty.

 

...researchers have now found a new class of origami that they call bloom patterns. Resembling idealized flowers, many bloom patterns are rotationally symmetric around the center.

The bloom patterns, with their set of attractive properties, appear promising for future engineering uses, especially for large structures that are sent to outer space. They fold up flat and compactly, they can be constructed out of one flat sheet, and they can be extended to ever larger shapes....

 

[Roger]

Neat!