Imagine an orbiting power plant that wirelessly beams power down to earth using microwaves.
Nasa solar panel origami.
Researchers at nasa s jet propulsion laboratory jpl are working on ways to fold up components like solar panels into neat little packages like origami that can then be deployed easily when the.
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 astronaut assembly required.
Trease and the team created an origami like fold that can transform an 82 foot 25 meter solar panel into a much more manageable 8 9 foot 2 7 m diameter.
Researchers say origami could be useful one day in utilizing space solar power for earth based purposes.
Make them foldable using the ancient art of japanese origami.
May 12th 2015 by glenn meyers jet propulsion laboratory researchers have engineered nasa solar panels that are based on the japanese paper folding art origami.
Nasa invents a folding solar panel inspired by origami a prototype of a new solar panel inspired by origami.
Researchers at brigham young university byu and nasa s jet propulsion laboratory have figured out how to one day create.
These panels are light foldable.
Brian trease at nasa s jet propulsion laboratory has been thinking about how it could be used in spacecraft.
The working tabletop prototype of the.
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Origami has been a hot topic in technology recently.