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A 14-year-old in New York folded 54 variations of the same origami crease pattern and stacked dumbbells on them to see which collapsed — the winning fold held more than 9,000 times its own weight, the design is aimed at flat-pack disaster shelters, and it to - Space Daily

SpacedailySeptember 11, 2026
A 14-year-old in New York folded 54 variations of the same origami crease pattern and stacked dumbbells on them to see which collapsed — the winning fold held more than 9,000 times its own weight, the design is aimed at flat-pack disaster shelters, and it to - Space Daily
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The apparatus for one of the year’s most celebrated student experiments was paper and gym equipment. Miles Wu, 14, of New York City, spent his project folding the same origami pattern over and over …

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