Jet propulsion laboratory researchers have engineered nasa solar panels that are based on the japanese paper folding art origami.
Nasa origami solar panels.
A centuries old japanese tradition is the inspiration behind some new nasa technology.
Sending the solar arrays up to space would be easy trease said because they could all be folded and packed into a single rocket launch with no.
Solar power origami style nasa.
It turned out that trease s childhood hobby was a.
A couple years ago nasa began exploring ways to launch and deploy increasingly large solar panels without taking up more room and cargo weight.
These panels are light foldable and easily deployable.
Nasa has joined forces with an origami expert to meld art and technology in the creation of foldable solar structures that could one day go into space.
This is what new technology from nasa is trying to do capture the first images of planets outside our solar system and you can make your own model of the spacecraft using origami.
Researchers say origami could be useful one day in utilizing space solar power for earth based purposes.
Designing a solar panel with origami folds required some clever engineering origami is intended to work with paper but even the thinnest solar panels are several times thicker than heavy.
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Origami has been a hot topic in technology recently.
Origami fold used by nasa to fold and deploy solar panels in space.