I've only met a couple... but MIT students really have a large chunk of the -'did you see that amazing thing online?' -pie

they just rock.

Hmmmm. I was thinking they had managed to fold a piece of paper in half more than 7 times or something.

those are all pretty cool. I especially like the lord of the rings one.

Those kids are fast as lightning.

\Bet they can't fold their shirts though. heh.
\\Spent 2 years on an AI degree drooling over MIT

Five out of six deserve top marks.

The alien pretty much sucks, though.

and 4 out of those 5 with top marks are from one guy :/

Screw you India... our best and brightest can fold paper! HA!!

Very cool especially the LOTR ring wraith.
I appreciate the fact that they can take it from concept to actual execution. Using brains + hands.

Did you check the last name?

i don't think they're exactly *OUR* best and brightest.


Anyway, I think the origami were folded so well, cause they've actually seen the subject material... LotR, beetles, etc.

Which makes you realize why nobody made a woman's breast.

i take it the person who took the photos aint a winner of the mit photoography championships....

Where's the salt cellar?

In addition to his beaver, Brian Chan submitted this katydid.

Uh...

My scale model of asteroid B-1762 didn't even place.

It was a farking popularity contest.

default_user01: A lot of them sorta look more like paper mach rather than actual folding.

From the look of them, the technique used was "wet folding", or folding slightly damp paper. The model can be molded into 3D shapes while still damp, and those shapes will remain when the model dries. So, similar to papier mache, but different in that it isn't just glomped together over a wire frame, but rather is an origami model that is shaped at the end.

Nice beaver.

Seriously though, I think the Katydid is pretty rad.

for someone who just said "rad", calling someone else a dork seems a bit out of place ...

Brian Chans MIT Origami page:

http://chosetec.darkclan.net/origami/

Is it origami or more like paper mache?

I have so many friends at MIT, it's rediculous. They come up with the craziest ideas, and I love them all to peices for it. Some good times hacking... some good times... hehe.

/*angel*
//it wasn't me!

default_user01

I suppose if you take "Origami in the normal sense" to mean folding dry paper, it really wouldn't be.

The question(s) then becomes what is, and who gets to decide what is, Origami in the normal sense.

the best thing i can make

/not my pic, but an example

Absolutely awesome!
dgarg: Thanks so much for Chan's page.

Looks more like paper mushing and mashing than paper folding.

i don't think they're exactly *OUR* best and brightest.


Got racism?

/yes, you are a jackarse.

Do they have a prize for best multiple origami?

It's freaking absolutely mind-boggling that this shiat is actually made from a single square of paper; I thought for sure these things were multiple sheets put together, but checking on the winner's homepage (posted earlier) which features the crease pattern of each design on squares of uncut paper, I'd have to say that crap is absolutely amazing.

/then again he used a computer

Did you see how some of the ones on Chan's page have crease diagrams? So for this scorpion



you just need to fold this pattern

Where is the dollar bill fold of a vag!na?

Ok - this Chan guy is taking it a little far.

Scutigera coleoptrata

Did someone change the definition of "cool" while I wasn't paying attention?

In my opinion, it is origami in the normal sense. To do wet folding, you don't mush -- the shaping is just at the end. You still have to fold to get the limbs, torso, tail, face, etc. You can curl a dry piece of paper too -- be it kami, copy paper, or foil -- but over time, that curl or shaping will disappear. Wet folding just hinders the paper's fibers from springing back. You can rewet and unfold or reshape, if you like, so there is no permanent damage, as would result from tearing, cutting, or gluing.

Check out Robert Lang's web site and Takashi Hojyo's site and Joseph Wu's site (click on galleries) for some great images of models, some wetfolded, some not.

neato. you really can see the scorpion in the folding pattern, there. i think i'll try the hermit crab today.

Anime Origami?

/Nuurrrddsss

OMG


I didn't see it at first!
Vash the Stampede!
I withdraw my earlier comment - he can take it as far as he wants.

/Otaku overload
//slashies for dorkies!

Whenever i hear about oragami I think of that Little Caesars commercial from back in the day:

So I get two pizzas for the price of one?

No, you get two boxes.

What do I do with the extra box?

Ever hear of oragami?

What's that?

A pterodactyl! Rar! Rar!


/something like that
//lame

NERDS!

/Had to be done

folded from an uncut square....

Nothing can compete with Origami Boulders:

So they can fold paper, but have they figured out how to unroll a condom?

MIT's mascot is a beaver?

Ahh ha ha ha ha! Figures.

t-t-t-to much time on my hands...........

Quick, someone find a video of a person creating this level of origami. I'm lazy so I won't do it.

The "contest" could have just as well been "Origami Exhibit" by Chan. Anyway, I wonder if all of these are made from a single sheet of paper?

ScreamingInDigital: Nice beaver.

Thank you. I just had it stuffed.

That's all right, that's ok
Cuz we're gonna work for them someday

"In addition to his beaver, Chan submitted this katydid."
and then:
"Chan's newt is also on display."

Is it just me, or is the captionist atttempting to slip in discreet sexual tones?