And it seems many people accept the benefitial facts of origami to their brains after a study had proven: origami lessens the risk of getting Alzheimer's disease because it constantly uses the tip of fingers stimulate the sensors not to degrade. There are alot more studies proving the benefits of origami convince some of parents to teach origami to their children for the better brain development. Besides, the science fields have found various places to apply origami to their technology.
Science Daily reported the comments on origami use; "Science, technology, space, automotive, medicine -- all these different fields have benefited from origami," said Dr. Lang. He has written many books on how to make paper planes and animals and has found the best way to stow a car's airbag.
The invention of the air bags in the car is originated from the folds of paper insects. "An algorithm that origami artists had come up with for the design of insects was the right algorithm to give the creases for flattening an airbag," Dr. Lang said. "So that has now been adopted into airbag simulation code, and presumably automotive engineers are now using those codes to design airbags."
Also, astronomers use origami to compute the optimum configuration of space telescope lenses. "One key challenge facing all large space telescope designs is that they must be packed into fairly small payload compartments for launch into space," Hyde, a space scientist, said. "Origami can be very useful for an Eyeglass telescope by providing a compact way to fold it up for launch." And Lang has succeeded in folding 100-meter sheet of plastic into the rockets that are 3 to 5 meters in diameter using paper-folding method.
Moreover, origami is used in the study of mathematics explaining and applying to scientific theories.
People also use the techniques of origami to design games, puzzles, and magic tricks.
