Bulletproof OrigamiTop of Mind with Julie Rose • Season 1, Episode 494, Segment 4
Feb 22, 2017 • 21m
Guest: Larry Howell, PhD, Professor and Associate Dean of the College of Engineering and Technology, BYU
Cranes, paper hats, paper airplanes…Origami is an elementary school favorite and, for those who are really good, a delicate art form. Recently, though, an engineering team at BYU discovered that origami can also save lives. They took an origami structure, and turned it into a bullet-proof shield for police.