Computational Origami and David Huffman 122
geeber writes "Here is an article about David Huffman's work in the mathematics of computational origami at the New York Times (soul sucking registration required). According to the article, computational origami, "also known as technical folding, or origami sekkei, draws on fields that include computational geometry, number theory, coding theory and linear algebra." David Huffman is also the inventor of Huffman coding used in MP3s and was mentioned prieviously here."
Computational Folding (Score:1, Interesting)
Impressive... (Score:4, Interesting)
So.. who knows how to actually do all of that?
papercraft penguin ? (Score:4, Interesting)
Re:What I liked best... (Score:3, Interesting)
Re:Mathematical elegance - beauty (Score:3, Interesting)
Origami Spacecraft (Score:5, Interesting)
Re:Origami as an Art (Score:1, Interesting)
Hobby -- new theories (Score:3, Interesting)
This reminds me of former mathematicians such as Euler and his Konigsberg bridges...
Re:Origami as an Art (Score:3, Interesting)
I think Huffman himself gave the best comment to this:
"I don't claim to be an artist. I'm not even sure how to define art," he said. "But I find it natural that the elegant mathematical theorems associated with paper surfaces should lead to visual elegance as well."