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Robert Lang: Idea + square = origami

http://www.ted.com Robert Lang is a pioneer of the newest kind of origami -- using math and engineering principles to fold mind-blowingly intricate designs that are beautiful and, sometimes, very u...  
 
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animemily3027 (1 month ago) Show Hide
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wow i learned a lot thanks for uploading
Winlaw2008 (4 months ago) Show Hide
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tetenterre (4 months ago) Show Hide
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Superb! (Apart from the fact that he can't spell "aperture"!)
dewitall (5 months ago) Show Hide
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lol at 8:08 random star trooper helmet
wazman (1 month ago) Show Hide
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storm trooper
theo1170 (1 month ago) Show Hide
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Yeah my bad, thank you for the correction.
dewitall (1 month ago) Show Hide
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yeah that was me.
dewitall (5 months ago) Show Hide
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if you want to go deeper into the math of it he has a book with a mathematical aproach in it
elboberto7 (5 months ago) Show Hide
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this was put on on my birthday!
evaniax (5 months ago) Show Hide
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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.

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