The math and magic of origami | Robert Lang

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  • @jabsjetz3332
    @jabsjetz3332 8 ปีที่แล้ว +734

    This man is a genius. He left his job at NASA to study the maths of origami. He even found out that ANYTHING can be created with origami.

    • @qwemlhjsi4386
      @qwemlhjsi4386 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Jabsjetz yea

    • @Jophish126
      @Jophish126 7 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      It's not really as astounding a result as you might imagine. The proof ignores any sense of efficiency and relies on a few very simplistic primitives and triangulation.

    • @mlbbnublord9035
      @mlbbnublord9035 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Jabsjetz i

    • @alveolate
      @alveolate 6 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      tbf, it's a fairly new field of maths. give it some time and it will probably develop into solutions for string theory.

    • @aeroairplane7447
      @aeroairplane7447 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      100 like

  • @MadDeuceJuice
    @MadDeuceJuice 6 ปีที่แล้ว +528

    The reason the audience is laughing is:
    a) Rob is a funny dude.
    b) Sometimes you laugh because you find something overwhelming.

    • @Regina-is8om
      @Regina-is8om 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I was asking myself what's funny and everyone laughs, thanks MadDeuce. In fact, I agree

    • @aliceallen8151
      @aliceallen8151 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Pseudobulbar affect, like Joker

    • @DKong1026
      @DKong1026 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Eh I thought it was kinda weird and dumb that they were laughing at a lot of stuff that I doubt Robert intended to be funny.

    • @crustyoldfart
      @crustyoldfart ปีที่แล้ว +1

      There must be many reasons why people laugh I suppose. My experience has been that [ as is shown so often in the movie ] people laugh when they do not understand what is being said, and feel they must react - so a laugh is often a default strategy to avoid seeming to be stupid.

  • @SakamotoSan28
    @SakamotoSan28 4 ปีที่แล้ว +170

    I just watched his WIRED video and he hasn't aged at all in 11 years.

    • @solidkingcobra
      @solidkingcobra 4 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      he folded his own genes to prevent aging.

    • @lucywatkinson9092
      @lucywatkinson9092 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Well your not wrong....

    • @risaa_cc
      @risaa_cc 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      100th like! 💯👍

    • @pignk
      @pignk 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      O.o I saw the wired vid too. legit 8 months ago too.... lol

    • @ChadKakashi
      @ChadKakashi 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Is you blind?

  • @robertolangada1078
    @robertolangada1078 7 ปีที่แล้ว +359

    ORIGAMI MEMES
    This was in 2008, the man was ahead of his time.

    • @dragoncurveenthusiast
      @dragoncurveenthusiast 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      I think it might have been another reference to the earlier talk on biology and evolution. The word meme was made up by Richard Dawkins in the late 70s. I guess most of the people who use the word don't know they are citing Richard Dawkins.

    • @Max_Le_Groom
      @Max_Le_Groom 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Godly based before it was cool

    • @janetshaffer423
      @janetshaffer423 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      He is discovering God's marvelous and astounding thought process!

    • @arunjanarthanan6380
      @arunjanarthanan6380 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      what would you say about this T.Sundara 'Row'! 1893 - stadt-annaburg.de/cms/uploads/media/tsundararowsgeo00rowrich.pdf ? :)

  • @peterwolf3760
    @peterwolf3760 4 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    I found this amazing, and uplifting. I teach origami to my 6th grade math students (and we also work at solving the Rubik's cube). I can't help but hope that a few of them will pull together the concepts of both art forms to become tomorrow's innovators, not just consumers.

  • @nicks3087
    @nicks3087 10 ปีที่แล้ว +68

    This is going to be a great video to show to my math class. Those kids struggled through folding a paper crane... maybe this will give them some hope, or at least some perspective. After all, "it's simple!"

  • @InstinctYOU
    @InstinctYOU 10 ปีที่แล้ว +188

    The advantages of simple origami are twofold.

  • @makismakiavelis5718
    @makismakiavelis5718 4 ปีที่แล้ว +87

    Wonder if someday he discovers a way to fold space-time, so we can travel unfathomable distances in an instant without moving.

    • @jeffj2495
      @jeffj2495 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      That is a good insight. I also wonder about the potential for this methodology to be applied to other problems.

    • @TheJonathankang
      @TheJonathankang 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      What you said is actually self-contradictory, the process of folding space-time involves moving, hence you can't travel unfathomable distance without moving.

    • @higuys8154
      @higuys8154 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      we might eventually live in a universe thats folded like a black forest cuckoo clock

    • @jianweilee8046
      @jianweilee8046 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@TheJonathankang unless space-time is already folded.

    • @jessicathompson8260
      @jessicathompson8260 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thank you for this...spicy comment 😎

  • @origamisteam1825
    @origamisteam1825 7 ปีที่แล้ว +104

    one of the best origami masters of the 21st century.

    • @igorsvacic217
      @igorsvacic217 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      ahhhhh hard to say. He is good, and he "weights" a lot mostly because of treemaker and his book origami design secrets.
      Considering his folds, models, wouldnt put him so high.
      Shuki Kato, Kamiya Satoshi, Eric Joisel, there are so many great folders, Robert doesent stand out of other 30 greatest by nothing.
      Like Eric Joisel stood out for example

    • @limon6544
      @limon6544 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      President of the 21st Origami, would fit.

    • @maxonmendel5757
      @maxonmendel5757 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@igorsvacic217 what does weights mean

  • @papasitoman
    @papasitoman 15 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    I've seen dozens of TEDTALKS and this one is a new favourite! Really amazing possibilities!

  • @origamiguy6410
    @origamiguy6410 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    This is absolutely an epic explanation of origami and how it works and how people use it.

  • @kocaksaid
    @kocaksaid 7 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    And yes he is right, in 2017 there is origami engineering, they are inventing multidicipliner tools with huge range, medicine to space. It is saving our lives now.

    • @lylestavast7652
      @lylestavast7652 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      applies in the are of compliant mechanisms...

  • @shirleysmith3409
    @shirleysmith3409 8 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    This is absolutely wonderful! Thank you!!

  • @ZeacorZeppelin
    @ZeacorZeppelin 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This had the single best ad the best commercial for a phone of its time. I was enthralled excited and full of anticipation when it said the last line at the end welcome to the fourth screen it was amazing

  • @blablamanpivot
    @blablamanpivot 6 ปีที่แล้ว +126

    Guys
    Why are you wondering why there’s people laughing
    He made jokes during his presentation
    I’d be sad for him if nobody laughed
    I myself, besides the fact that I was hypnotized by what he was saying, laughed a few times during the presentation

    • @girlofcreativity7667
      @girlofcreativity7667 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Me too!! The way he explained about how origami has changed was very interesting and useful!! I, myself, am so inspired to use these techniques and ideas to make my own origami creations!!

    • @katief7047
      @katief7047 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Totally agree they were mainly laughing when he make jokes I just felt bad when you could hear random laughing in the background when he was showing each piece of origami...he was showing Intricate, really difficult art pieces to create and there wasn’t anything funny about it so idk why would you laugh at that lol

    • @zekay99
      @zekay99 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@katief7047 sometimes people laugh when they are surprised and or amazed ...

    • @higuys8154
      @higuys8154 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      i think it also has to do with how origami is commonly known as a very light subject and its described so solemnly by him. i guess it could sound like scientifically describing a childs scirbble

    • @eriostaples3652
      @eriostaples3652 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      haha

  • @SarahStephanieLandry
    @SarahStephanieLandry 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    As a lifelong nerd, this includes two of my all time favourite things: origami and space! Thank you!!!

  • @geraldmartin8195
    @geraldmartin8195 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    It's redundant to say that the man is brilliant. And he certainly knew his audience better than they knew themselves.
    He also shone a bright light on my humble creative endeavors.

  • @AllPaperArt
    @AllPaperArt 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Excelente palestra!!!. Aprendi muito.

  • @sticraft41
    @sticraft41 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    great video, and great presentation. The funny thing is that this video came out in 2008, while the aformentioned James Webb telescope is still being prepared in 2019. The amount of work that it requires though is unbelievable

  • @ruthlewis6678
    @ruthlewis6678 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    The laughter come from absolute delight.

  • @jdstmporter
    @jdstmporter 13 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    That was incredibly inspiring. I'm definitely going to seek out the literature on the underlying mathematics.

  • @phyrr2
    @phyrr2 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Origami is the one art that has to be understood from both ends at the same time and built towards finishing in the middle.
    The folding itself is just a result of the final product. In addition, the restrictive nature is the biggest benefit and allows one to keep focus within the restrictions.

  • @GustavoLima-to5hi
    @GustavoLima-to5hi 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Excelente palestra!

  • @rilian8711
    @rilian8711 ปีที่แล้ว

    Absolutely amazing! I had a luck to correspond with him regarding the origami algorithm. Dr. Lang helped me to generalize it.

  • @millions2nette
    @millions2nette 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    VERYvery interesting! Just genius...and ultra artistic as well. Wow!

  • @angelaem205
    @angelaem205 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Impressive to say the least. I have been doing only for a few years now, I still feel I am a beginner at it. Maybe the fact that I am really bad in understanding mathematics would explain why I have hard time at it. Mr Lang is a true master, a visionary and he leads the way, hopefully to a better world where origami and science work together to save humanity's future...✨👌🙇🏻‍♀️💎

    • @tartaglia.
      @tartaglia. ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I have only been doing origami for 3 days, and I also feel like a beginner lmaooo

    • @angelaem205
      @angelaem205 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@tartaglia. Welcome to the wonderful and magic world of origami. The more you fold the best you are going to feel and the more you are going to love it. Good luck👍🏻

  • @konohaboyz5484
    @konohaboyz5484 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hey Jo! Im really interessed in how you create a model from nothing. Do you use a program tô create the underlining blueprint? I mean the crease patterns when you unfold the model after finished

  • @SasieSpice
    @SasieSpice 15 ปีที่แล้ว

    wow i learned something new today. i am just learning how to do origami, and found this searching for origami tutorial videos. i had *no* idea that it was used to help design satellites and airbags and even medical devices. its just so kewl thanks for the video!

  • @nelitary3369
    @nelitary3369 ปีที่แล้ว

    Amazing way of teaching origami by Robert Lang = )

  • @JoachimderZweite
    @JoachimderZweite 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Amazing! "Oh world of wonders."

  • @cataluscore8727
    @cataluscore8727 11 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This talk is awesome!

  • @StephenRansom47
    @StephenRansom47 11 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I am sure that someone is looking into this ... But, 4d printing and its application to moving forms .... This come to mind. Fluid in a folded form. Heaters built into the fibers of the paper. The dynamics of both cooperating to created an animate origami bug.

  • @thaile6149
    @thaile6149 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    10:03 wait am I the only one that saw Benjamine Zander in the audience?!?!

    • @peterkim7414
      @peterkim7414 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I saw him tooo

    • @nnnnnn496
      @nnnnnn496 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Who he?

    • @baptistic
      @baptistic 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      He loved that origami organist

  • @gonzapra1
    @gonzapra1 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I never thought a ted talk would be worth it

  • @Scottybeammeup2
    @Scottybeammeup2 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Where is his website or where can I find the tree maker program software? Tks

  • @traceyrogers4117
    @traceyrogers4117 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    It's not the first time math has been applied to an art and the result being the art opened and become more profound and inspired.

  • @quincest1
    @quincest1 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    Amazing!!! Turtle, insects, guitarist and so on.... I've folded organ and the other simple thing. But I can't fold like that. Really Creative. His TED talk was a lot of fun :D

  • @black_jack_meghav
    @black_jack_meghav 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    sir please tell where can i learn this in detail ? what books?

  • @itsfikree
    @itsfikree 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Very great talk ❤

  • @gihanlive
    @gihanlive 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    I find this very intersting to be a hobby, and I'm gonna try it :)

  • @enounce
    @enounce 16 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    just think how may TED videos we can watch now :)

  • @christendumb
    @christendumb 13 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    10:51 This guy approves!!

  • @ianlulu
    @ianlulu 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    and now the James Webb Telescope has been launched... crazy

  • @shantanu3964
    @shantanu3964 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Where can we learn more about this? I mean the methods, mathematical models, etc. To create your own designs?

    • @Denise11Schultz
      @Denise11Schultz 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Shantanu Awale, A place to start would be the film “Between the Folds”. It is an introduction to computational origami and includes Lang and other top artists and scientists in the field. There are many delights and resources in the film, I’m sure it would help you.

  • @thereasonimbroke
    @thereasonimbroke 6 ปีที่แล้ว +63

    the amount of people mad about the laughing in the background is sad, he obviously had sarcastic and funny remarks in his presentation to catch the audiences attention.

    • @DKong1026
      @DKong1026 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Why is anyone defending the audience here?

  • @oathkeeper27
    @oathkeeper27 13 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Does anyone know where I can find a video tutorial for how to fold one of those dang crease patterns (made with Treemaker 5)????
    I have one right here and I have NO idea what to do with it. Help?

  • @justcarcrazy
    @justcarcrazy 10 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I gots to get me some of that! Why don't they teach us this in university?

  • @impalapez
    @impalapez 16 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    GENIUS!!!!

  • @RollerCoasterBug
    @RollerCoasterBug 13 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Love it! Gives me inspiration.

  • @acutelilmint8035
    @acutelilmint8035 ปีที่แล้ว

    The fact they can conceptualize this on a flat abstract way is insane. If it was me I just crumple and figure things out eventually and then unravel it and that’s my pattern haha.
    Insane.

  • @naimulhaq9626
    @naimulhaq9626 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I am so very impressed, I need the stent.

  • @sasajugovic5618
    @sasajugovic5618 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Awesome video

  • @svenkamog2232
    @svenkamog2232 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This man's books helped me through a very difficult time. Thanks Robert...

  • @elboberto7
    @elboberto7 15 ปีที่แล้ว

    this was put on on my birthday!

  • @ZakirStudio
    @ZakirStudio 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great and impressive

  • @ozzymario
    @ozzymario 10 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Have you ever been on a stand up comedy show, or any show that make people laugh, or a tv program??..well, they usually hire people to laugh, let say 5 or 6 of them, and they sat them evenly distributively, and there is not just a stupid laugh, it must be natural sound, and that laughter is contagious and so people goes on an laugh together, and the show sounds great because a lot of people is having fun...well some one here fuck up big time, and gave the laughing guys the wrong direction, and end up laughing here in a mathematical origami art speech.

  • @Claycat4
    @Claycat4 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Amazing!

  • @maximillhunter7635
    @maximillhunter7635 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    @14:02 origami saving lives.

  • @danielcox7060
    @danielcox7060 9 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    look up Robert's book on origami if your interested in learning more!

  • @danno1111
    @danno1111 16 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    amazing...

  • @vincenthubschmann6512
    @vincenthubschmann6512 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    10:04 on the right...THATS BENJAMIN ZANDER who did the best ted talk of all times “the transformative power of classical music”

  • @UmarsOrigami
    @UmarsOrigami 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great man👍👍👍👍

  • @kjh0121ind
    @kjh0121ind ปีที่แล้ว

    Beautiful

  • @IconMatthew1
    @IconMatthew1 13 ปีที่แล้ว

    pretty darn cool

  • @aravindshandilya4650
    @aravindshandilya4650 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    wow. His ending comment was really deep

  • @aarti2309
    @aarti2309 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Speechless

  • @ratholin
    @ratholin 16 ปีที่แล้ว

    Ok that was neat as heck.

  • @austingray4776
    @austingray4776 10 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Has any he used the tree maker program I wonder how it will work out

    • @Artaxerxes.
      @Artaxerxes. 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      AUSTIN GRAY
      Yes, he has used it to make the diablo version of the tarantula as mentioned in the website. I've downloaded it and the circle packing kinda rocks.... a very useful software .

  • @douaa_89
    @douaa_89 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This Robert J Lang is a genius

  • @sonyand1341
    @sonyand1341 12 ปีที่แล้ว

    すごいなぁ・・・日本人でもこういう発想できる人は少ないと思う

  • @HKragh
    @HKragh 16 ปีที่แล้ว

    mind blowing...

  • @sportkatze123
    @sportkatze123 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Origami is a very creative method to use mathematics.

  • @duvereandh
    @duvereandh 14 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This is my fave on youtube, completely inspirational for me. he is my mathematics hero (R.L).

  • @lylestavast7652
    @lylestavast7652 6 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    i used to have an origami busines but it.... folded. ;) j/k

  • @janetshaffer423
    @janetshaffer423 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    So coooool!

  • @MarcoMorelos
    @MarcoMorelos 15 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    i had to add this to my faves. it was something i never knew and it showed me what origami is...math. its crazy. just awsome
    *****

  • @PirateOfTheNorth
    @PirateOfTheNorth 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Amazing

  • @HABHDAY
    @HABHDAY 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    Can this apply to recycling newspaper or cardboard for shipping aboard?or other paper products in order to reduce cost. Now I must follow this rabbit into the hole and see where it leads

  • @TheAlcamus
    @TheAlcamus 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That's why I love origami somehow...

  • @TogrutaJedi
    @TogrutaJedi 16 ปีที่แล้ว

    Even though I know this is only a concidence, I never thought I would ever see Robert Lang standing in front of a clone trooper helmet.

  • @black_jack_meghav
    @black_jack_meghav 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    damn mindblowimg

  • @xxx1x47x41x3
    @xxx1x47x41x3 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    Why didn't I find this out earlier!!

  • @instantfries
    @instantfries 10 ปีที่แล้ว +158

    I understand the baseline of the whole presentation and concept. But what I don't understand is why are people laughing about it.

    • @SJDio66
      @SJDio66 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I think it is also funny when repeatly sais that we can dead poeple do our work.

    • @violet33itzal
      @violet33itzal 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      He is funny to nerds. I laughed too

    • @jackworthington5205
      @jackworthington5205 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Because the origami sculptures are downright astounding, they don't look real

    • @compfox
      @compfox 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I laughed at surprise, that I have learned something totaly new.

  • @motivational.ai_hindi
    @motivational.ai_hindi 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Awesome

  • @user-gi8pm4be2f
    @user-gi8pm4be2f 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    折り紙の 究極✨✨

  • @MrZerRap
    @MrZerRap 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    10:04 THAT'S BENJAMIN ZANDER IN THE BACK OMGGG

  • @Enlan86
    @Enlan86 16 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Circle packing = Sacred geometry = Patters for ALL life and existence.

  • @aegystierone8505
    @aegystierone8505 9 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    LOL at the Nokia ad.

  • @stuffisgd
    @stuffisgd 16 ปีที่แล้ว

    very creative

  • @leppy111
    @leppy111 15 ปีที่แล้ว

    Very cool ,I;, going to Chapters to get his book

  • @lometatron357
    @lometatron357 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    What if you want to make an aircraft though,I never hear about that type of stuff in origami

  • @user-gi3ro9rm9k
    @user-gi3ro9rm9k 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    I didn't know Robert was on TED

  • @MadeInAmerica007
    @MadeInAmerica007 9 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks Ms. Mathis

  • @zoemochary4799
    @zoemochary4799 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    what's your website?

  • @justicedelain8413
    @justicedelain8413 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Has anyone been able to download TreeMaker?

  • @adamtson
    @adamtson 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Two independent persons named Erik Aberg and Chuck Hoberman also have their own interesting origami works.

  • @Pixxie99999
    @Pixxie99999 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    สวยงามและซับซ้อน

  • @gilinf.2662
    @gilinf.2662 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    4 simple laws of Origami are: Ambitious, Courage, Patience and Stubbornness... (for your future Origamist)

  • @ticijev
    @ticijev 16 ปีที่แล้ว

    wow, I'm kind of speechless :)

  • @claudiusfanusie8221
    @claudiusfanusie8221 7 ปีที่แล้ว +74

    whats with the laughing in the background!. I think this presentation is amazing

    • @ohaRega
      @ohaRega 7 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      To be fair, Feynman is actually funny in lectures.

    • @lylestavast7652
      @lylestavast7652 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      some laughs, are nervous delight ! they're akin to "ah-HA" moments...

    • @alveolate
      @alveolate 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      uh, the presenter was being deliberately humorous? i didn't notice any inappropriate laughter... altho the laughing was almost always kinda unnecessary.

    • @hahahanah9954
      @hahahanah9954 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Claudius Fanusie they laugh because it IS amazing

    • @danial8271
      @danial8271 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      They're dumb af nvm