Computational Origami
Computational origami ai brings about a watershed moment for protein folding elementary biology teaches us that proteins are made up of a specific sequence of amino acids joined like a string of pearls.
Computational origami. Tomohiro tachi has developed a number of origami computational tools and has developed fundamental theory in the area of rigid folding and the notoriously difficult field of thick origami. Computational origami explains the way a three dimensional origami structure can be created from two dimensional paper with the help of several algorithms. In a 1999 paper erik demaine now an mit professor of electrical engineering and computer science but then an 18 year old phd student at the university of waterloo in canada described an algorithm that could determine how to fold a piece of paper into any conceivable 3 d shape.
And further that proteins are 3 d objects and that their 3 d structures are crucial for their functions in the body. Computational origami by erik and martin demaine part of the museum of modern art permanent collection. We have a particularly soft spot for the interplay of art and mathematics from anatolii fomenko s vintage mathematical impressions to vy hart s playful mathematics to benoît mandelbrot s legendary fractals.
Film video above. Origami flanged pots an interactive tool that lets you define the cross section of a rotationally symmetric. It was a milestone paper in the field of computational origami but the algorithm didn t yield very practical folding patterns.
Brain pickings is all about the cross pollination of ideas across disciplinary boundaries. It follows from this that. Glass magician a 13 minute film co directed by erik and martin demaine.
At any vertex the sum of all the odd angles adds up to 180 degrees. There are three mathematical rules for producing flat foldable origami crease patterns. The technology could help scientists determine why a protein falls into a.
Computational origami is a type of computer program for modeling the ways in which various materials including paper can be folded. At any vertex the number of valley and mountain folds always differ by two. Origami is the japanese art of paper folding such programs have been used for a variety of purposes including engineering applications.
