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Origami Goodness

I recently watched Between The Folds, a documentary about origami (available for instant play on netflix).

This film is well worth watching since origami has the potential of being very useful across various populations. I can imagine a client with Asperger’s, for example, or someone who enjoys working with 3D media, taking a strong interest in paper folding as a form of self expression. Coupled with the idea of damp paper folding and paper making, with all of its looseness and tactility, this media seems like an interesting way to play with structured versus unstructured, and spontaneous play versus preciseness.

And why don’t they teach math using origami, as the film suggests?

Here’s the trailer to wet your palate:

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Surgical Origami

Origami with the da Vinci Surgical System (Robot Origami) from the Department of Telesurgery and Geomedicine, Kanazawa University, Japan. Norihiko Ishikawa, MD, PhD. The da Vinci Surgical System (Intuitive Surgical, Inc., NASDAQ – ISRG) is a sophisticated robotic platform designed to enable complex surgery using a minimally invasive approach. Intuitive Surgical’s mission is to bring the benefits of minimally invasive surgery to the broadest possible range of patients.