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Fold Till You Drop

Posted by michael on from the no-spindling-or-mutilating-allowed dept.

There's an origami convention convention underway in Japan this weekend, with some truly impressive pieces on display. There's an AP story, but words don't do it justice. See the personal site of one of the professional paper-folders, or photos taken at a previous convention, or just discover the essence of origami.

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  1. Amazing folding by TimeTrip · · Score: 5, Informative

    Immpressive paper folding! Awesome, but did you know they can also fold SHIRTS impressively?

    Check out the amazing action here

    btw.. i'm not sure if the woman in the video is japanese, but its close enough.. right?? ;)

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  2. Amazing by qmchenry · · Score: 5, Informative

    These are quite impressive. In clicking around, I happened on this database of origami containing references to more than 23k models.

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  3. Eye Candy by oz_ko · · Score: 5, Informative

    Don't say I don't do anything for you boys.
    On the yahoo site link, hit the next button for some Olympic Eye Candy ;)

  4. Re:kinda off topic but try this by Order · · Score: 5, Informative

    try to fold a peice of paper over 7 times

    It doesn't matter how thin the paper, or how big the sheet, you just can't do it. Have fun proving me wrong :)

    Actually, proving you wrong is very easy. Here's your proof!
    On that page you can see a photo of a piece of paper folded 11 times, and a discussion of all the math and physics involved.

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