The seventh Math Webinar in English took place on Wednesday, August 4th, 2021 from 5 pm until 6 pm with the origami artist Robert Lang as our invited speaker. This virtual event was free and open to the general public. This virtual event was free and open to the general public.
In this seventh Math Webinar in English, Robert Lang presented on “Origami, Mathematics and Technology.” The speaker defined what origami is and briefly told the story of this Japanese art of paper folding. Robert Lang then presented on Akira Yoshizawa, who inspired the renaissance of origami by not only creating new origami models but also a common language of folding. The speaker also explained the process of how to design an origami model to produce the representation of an object. Robert Lang shared many applications of origami in science, technology, medicine, fashion, food… For example, origami patterns are used to build a telescope, a kayak, a bottle, a microwave antenna, a cake, decorative lamps, structural panels, a bulletproof barrier, a heart implant, artificial liver cells, and much more. For more information, visit the website https://langorigami.com.
