Robert Lang: Idea + square = origami

[crudhousefull]

Who is that retard who's laughing in the background? The presentation was mind-blowing and he laughs through each picture

[sonyand1341]

すごいなぁ・・・日本人でもこういう発想できる人は少ないと思う­

[RollerCoasterBug]

Love it! Gives me inspiration.

[juugoolart]

dayum.. I wish I was that smart and creative!! 

[DeathToll414]

I still think my paper boat is better

[TastyPie95]

@DeathToll414 My horse is cooler than your boat:

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[XSuperFistX]

hilarious things he say make the some of the audience laugh which makes me want to laugh at it to but what he's saying isn't as stupid as that

[christendumb]

10:51  This guy approves!!

[Nutsnbolts12345]

Fapping birds

[jacob9374]

I like it

[Bakalar]

we're one step closer to leonardo da vinci!

[IRLKS7]

amazing trying it at home

[x1xcesarx1x]

i love lang :D

[mathhan1]

Good

[IconMatthew1]

pretty darn cool

[oathkeeper27]

Does anyone know where I can find a video tutorial for how to fold one of those dang crease patterns (made with Treemaker 5)????

I have one right here and I have NO idea what to do with it. Help?

[roderik1990]

@oathkeeper27 If you made a creasepattern with treemaker, then unless you added some constraints, the pattern is not likely to have easily found folding sequences.

your best bet is to figure out the major reference points you can use in the pattern and try to build from that.

also, knowing how certain kinds of fold look like on the creasepattern is also very usefull.

there are plenty of guides on folding from creasepatterns, just google some.

[jdstmporter]

That was incredibly inspiring. I'm definitely going to seek out the literature on the underlying mathematics.

[gazgirl94]

Lang is my Favorite origami artist out there! <3 :P

[aznxk3vi17]

Any information on exactly what models were in his presentation, and where one might go to find the models? The koi and turtle in particular really impressed me.

[gazgirl94]

@aznxk3vi17 langorigami (dot) com

[chriskeep1]

@aznxk3vi17 go on his website and look at what books he has published, i know that there are diagrams for the koi

[mohitdandekar123]

where did gandhi come from

[Ackbano]

@mohitdandekar123 India

[duvereandh]

This is my fave on youtube, completely inspirational for me. he is my mathematics hero (R.L).

[poehbeer1997]

to Winlaw2008....IDIOT!

[YesThatsMyNamelike]

lol whats with the random jokes inbetween

[animemily3027]

wow i learned a lot thanks for uploading

[tetenterre]

Superb! (Apart from the fact that he can't spell "aperture"!)

[dewitall]

lol at 8:08 random star trooper helmet

[wazman]

storm trooper

[theo1170]

Yeah my bad, thank you for the correction.

[dewitall]

yeah that was me.

[elboberto7]

this was put on on my birthday!

[chaOsMastaGuru]

"let dead people do your problems for you" ha.

[death5409]

@chaOsMastaGuru lang is da shit

[Maxstate]

A little shallow in explanation of the math, but not bad.

[dewitall]

if you want to go deeper into the math of it he has a book with a mathematical aproach in it

[leppy111]

Very cool ,I;, going to Chapters to get his book

[erken]

diabolical laughter . . . so annoying

[noob5000000]

wow

[innotech]

Ive managed to fold all of the insects in his first book and Im hoping to buy the second one. It took me a decade to fold them all though.

[k1tsch83]

I'm thousand of light-years behind what he does but OH GOD do I love origami! I'd like to try my luck at one of his insects models, though.

[k1tsch83]

Also that commercial is a work of art.

[evaniax]

But if you look at it again, the descriptions of the first screen and the fourth are rather similar... basically they're saying that a Nokia is a movie screen you can take outside... lol.

And also, if we didn't have Nokias to save us from the enslaving computer screens we'd all be shut ins.... lol.

[Wingzerow]

I saw this guy live, he's great. He sounded a little more nervous at TED, but hey...

[tarohoa]

yeah i'd imagine, giving a presentation in front 1000 of the world's greatest minds would be pretty nerve racking

[rochet75]

at 16:00 the video just beging and its the best video in the world

[MROMANOVator]

the commercial is amazing

[w0r1dpeace]

The gregarious laughter is annoying and obnoxious.

[origami262]

thanks this really helped me!!! i think im ready to invent somme origami models

[orikid94]

i had to add this to my faves. it was something i never knew and it showed me what origami is...math. its crazy. just awsome

*****

[termislug]

lord hello

[SasieSpice]

wow i learned something new today. i am just learning how to do origami, and found this searching for origami tutorial videos. i had *no* idea that it was used to help design satellites and airbags and even medical devices. its just so kewl thanks for the video!

[papasitoman]

I've seen dozens of TEDTALKS and this one is a new favourite! Really amazing possibilities!

[morelshaman]

Amazing!

I once did origami & even did some really detailed models, but always of other peoples' designs.

This new way of looking at origami is wonderful & intimidating.

If only origami were a fuel source!

[ajkargl25]

THAT TOOL IS INCREDIBLE! I just used it and it works amazingly.

[enounce]

just think how may TED videos we can watch now :)

[googletubgirl]

you all sound like an informertial, with the fake actors saying how great it is.

[impalapez]

GENIUS!!!!

[ratholin]

Ok that was neat as heck.

[WaterFor3st]

Yes I was wondering why they were laughing, hes funny but i mean i thought they didnt believe him. Well this was educational though.

[Oruhito]

why are they all laughing? His work is amazing.

[Waranoa]

People laugh because he makes funnies

[dfxr808]

because they're all probably gaijin.

[aliensexfiend]

they are laughing in amazement, its actually the best type of reaction u can give when u see something incredible like that

[MasterMark123]

TED makes the internet worth while .. The most noble in the sharing of community, human thought and discovery.

[ajkargl25]

Amen

[beebobox]

sod off

[TogrutaJedi]

Even though I know this is only a concidence, I never thought I would ever see Robert Lang standing in front of a clone trooper helmet.

[noe153]

robert im you bigest fan

[srudlak]

good work

[3starpower3]

pretty cool .... not really he made a remarkable discovery lol

[Anishchal78]

this is so inspirational.

[pini6199]

Who Cares???

[narbularity]

He does he wrote a lecture on it.

[Gridfire]

If you ever need a stent after getting a blocked artery, you might care. Stop being so stupid and small minded. This stuff, silly as it may sometimes seem is the stuff that really changes the world!

[tokechokesmile]

don't be a fucking dick

you obviously did not watch the whole video

nor do you know any thing about ted i'm guessing

[buttfreckle]

this is amazing. i never knew that origami could tie into math like that and how all origami relate to each other by those four rules.

[rochet75]

i agree this is really faggoting's lololol

[CradLeRcker]

the nokia commercial at the end was good...

[MarJG305]

amazed me it was a commercial i was like wow

[reyrecks]

i think there could be a TED talk about the commercial itself......the origami was cool too

[Merekas]

best commercial ever!

[Enlan86]

Circle packing = Sacred geometry = Patters for ALL life and existence.

[OMGLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL]

Origami is too old, they have computers nowadays....

[kittykattykoo]

your account name is cool :D

[nestorrfortuna]

did i see an advertisement of nokia in ted?

fucks sake, the 3rd screen is getting to be mindnumbing like the second one.

[chris7777777777777]

get over it, its business.

[nestorrfortuna]

so can be contract killing, nevertheless is not acceptable

[jonlia6]

The event are or have been sponored by BMW.

As chris77777777777 says, ITS BUSINESS.

But if cocacola or mcdonalds showed up there i would be amazed..

[borisdablejd]

Well, I for one quite liked the commercial. Even gave me a chill down my spine :)

[megamarsvin]

Corporations and especially marketing departments own everything now. No one even cares anymore that you can't walk for more than a mile without having your brain saturated by 'branding' and other disruptive marketing forces.

To quote Futurama: "[Advertisements in the 21st century were] only on TV and radio. And in magazines. And movies. And at ball games and on buses and milk cartons and t-shirts and written on the sky. But not in our dreams!"

[JARSIncorp]

TED has always had commercials at the end. Until recently, they were for BMW.

[barbariandoom]

My friend knows how to make Origami Gerbils and he sells them. They look like Hamtaro. Its so cool.

[angelgagui]

ufffffff

magistral

what was the name of the webpage tha he said that you can download the program "even for windows" stricto sensu?

[semiliteratedgod]

some freakin cool origamis in the vid, but I think people could have done those basic folding things without the theory... nevertheless very cool

[gigiko84]

wooow

[bubrune]

203 veiw

[HKragh]

mind blowing...

[danno1111]

amazing...

[truefictions]

5 Stars, cool.

[ticijev]

wow, I'm kind of speechless :)

[ZodyZody]

One thing you left out was size; what was the largest size of the paper you used? What was the smallest? Are they always square? What happens if you change to a rectangle? A circle? Just curious.

[radioshuriken]

oh snap origami!

[stuffisgd]

very creative

[closedmouth]

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