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Also don't get hung up on "folded". He hasn't innovated a design (it was invented by a Japanese astrophysicist, Miura-Ori), merely measured sustainable load acr

by uoaei 8mo ago

Also don't get hung up on "folded". He hasn't innovated a design (it was invented by a Japanese astrophysicist, Miura-Ori), merely measured sustainable load across different designs.

nine_k 8mo ago
"Miura" is the name of the astrophysicist. "Ori" (折り) just means "fold", as in "origami" = "fold+paper".
- uoaei 8mo ago
  Thank you!
adfm 8mo ago
Don't get hug up on "invented". Ruth Asawa registered for (1956) and received US patent 185,504 on June 16, 1959 at the suggestion of her professor, Buckminster Fuller. https://theartian.com/ruth-asawa-patent-collaboration/ https://theartian.com/ruth-asawa-patent-collaboration/
- Centrino 8mo ago
  Don't get hung up on "patent". You can't patent an idea, you patent a specific implementation of an idea. The boy experimented to find the optimal parameters (height, width, angles) for load bearing of that earlier invention. So, the result of his work would warrant a new patent, of course with reference to all earlier patents of which his work is an improvement.
  - adfm 8mo ago
    You can even spend time and money to acquire a patent and it still doesn’t guarantee profit. It’s called the Miura-ori even though it was patented decades earlier. In this case, the patent acts as a record emphasizing that it’s all been done before.
  - egiboy 8mo ago
    Don’t get hung up on “hung up”. Time goes by so slowly.
    - bravetraveler 8mo ago
      Don't.
      - Imustaskforhelp 8mo ago
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ForHackernews 8mo ago
He literally did fold all the folds himself. He didn't even get an LLM to reskin VS Code for him and apply to Y Combinator.
- jacobolus 8mo ago
  "To reduce human errors in his experiments, Wu opted to use a scoring machine to accurately fold the origami patterns."
avadodin 8mo ago
Being able to hold 10x the weight of paper doesn't sound so impressive that it would require an astrophysicist to invent it. I was more ready to accept the headline if it had been invented by the kid. Are you telling me you can't roll up 10 origami papers and stand them on a reasonably stable origami pattern?
- retube 8mo ago
  it's 10k, 10,000, not 10
  - avadodin 8mo ago
    lol that makes way more sense not enough coffee bcak
    - taneq 8mo ago
      Problem Exists Between Coffee And Keyboard? I can relate. :D
croisillon 8mo ago
i hear he didn't even produce the paper himself

by uoaei 8mo ago

Also don't get hung up on "folded". He hasn't innovated a design (it was invented by a Japanese astrophysicist, Miura-Ori), merely measured sustainable load across different designs.

nine_k 8mo ago

"Miura" is the name of the astrophysicist. "Ori" (折り) just means "fold", as in "origami" = "fold+paper".

uoaei 8mo ago
Thank you!

adfm 8mo ago

Don't get hug up on "invented". Ruth Asawa registered for (1956) and received US patent 185,504 on June 16, 1959 at the suggestion of her professor, Buckminster Fuller. https://theartian.com/ruth-asawa-patent-collaboration/ https://theartian.com/ruth-asawa-patent-collaboration/

Centrino 8mo ago
Don't get hung up on "patent". You can't patent an idea, you patent a specific implementation of an idea. The boy experimented to find the optimal parameters (height, width, angles) for load bearing of that earlier invention. So, the result of his work would warrant a new patent, of course with reference to all earlier patents of which his work is an improvement.
- adfm 8mo ago
  You can even spend time and money to acquire a patent and it still doesn’t guarantee profit. It’s called the Miura-ori even though it was patented decades earlier. In this case, the patent acts as a record emphasizing that it’s all been done before.
- egiboy 8mo ago
  Don’t get hung up on “hung up”. Time goes by so slowly.
  - bravetraveler 8mo ago
    Don't.
    - Imustaskforhelp 8mo ago
      .
      - deleted 8mo ago
        [deleted]

ForHackernews 8mo ago

He literally did fold all the folds himself. He didn't even get an LLM to reskin VS Code for him and apply to Y Combinator.

jacobolus 8mo ago
"To reduce human errors in his experiments, Wu opted to use a scoring machine to accurately fold the origami patterns."

avadodin 8mo ago

Being able to hold 10x the weight of paper doesn't sound so impressive that it would require an astrophysicist to invent it. I was more ready to accept the headline if it had been invented by the kid. Are you telling me you can't roll up 10 origami papers and stand them on a reasonably stable origami pattern?

retube 8mo ago
it's 10k, 10,000, not 10
- avadodin 8mo ago
  lol that makes way more sense not enough coffee bcak
  - taneq 8mo ago
    Problem Exists Between Coffee And Keyboard? I can relate. :D

croisillon 8mo ago

i hear he didn't even produce the paper himself