I've been seeing those polygon-origami-structure designs EVERYWHERE in media, (movies, videogames, toys, structures, etc.) And I just assumed the design was a general trope artists take liberty in playing around with. It's CRAZY to me how the person behind all of that is still around! Chuck Hoberman is a modern-day pioneer~!
There are some others in this territory, the one that springs to mind now is Robert Lang. He has been doing origami tilings for a while, has written software to help him invent new models, and comes at it from a mathematics background. This video was off by a little in the timing, I think it has been closer to 30 years that origami has been a field of serious mathematical research; apparently there are concepts and proofs that are easier to execute by folding paper than by the more typical geometric construction techniques.
The documentary "Between the Folds" shows just how much Origami has been prevalent in the past few decades, it's an awesome movie, check it out, it's probably present here on yt
Exactly. I had this toy when I was a child (still have it) and I would never thought that the inventor is still alive. I honestly thought that it was first made in like 1920 or so. Amazing how it even got here to Eastern Europe like almost 30 years ago
It's pretty interesting to see someone that just loves what's doing for a job. At first you look like: "But why?" And then it's like: "that's impressive" and finally: "the world need to know this!" Haha, great video
I hate people who ask "why" to anything new, innovative and complicated. I mean out of all the meaningless things you do in your life you ask why would someone invent something new simply because we don't know the uses of it yet? that's how monkeys should think not humans.
@@CorporateShill you know what other is funny.. someome buy a stolen Samsung foldable technology.. edition.cnn.com/2018/11/30/tech/samsung-china-tech-theft/index.html
It's just all maths , everything revolves around maths and science, numbers and rules .Its just amazing that you only need a little bit of curiosity to turn an idea into an amazing invention.
The Master Promethean Curiosity, that us what we lack in school (or, most lack). If you're not intrested in something it becomes a lot harder to learn it.
totally disagree about intrinsic talent. He was not born with the ability to make this or understand the maths. He learned every step of the way and so could anyone else if they wanted to
so much respect, im getting goosebumps. makes me realize the infinite possibilities my degree caters and is not limited to just building static structures but with some knowledge and creativity could really set the motions into something remarkable! so inspirational.
This could be as well used for space technology. Like folding solar panels or lock mechanism for spacecraft shuttle. Air fueling for jets may be another application area.
omg i've actually saw this ball in my house and decided to learn how to make a computerprogram to create perfect - shapes out of regular pieces in Solidworks ! It's so cool to know who's behind these ideas !
@@carlbacker2149 numbers that could be found in many things, similar to Pi in rounds objects, golden ration could be found in many thing, but most people uses art as an example.
Don't worry we'll make good use of it, geometry is better than material strength. for applications that not only saves space and weight but dynamically be used as a multifunctional object. just looking at it, it can also be used to rapidly prototype a structure, before setting the final product. it can also be used to guide of each multiple units to form a specific shape, like legos but with dynamic transformation. it can also be used to hasten 3d printing by making multiple tiny units for assembly. there are so many applications.
DunnickFayuro They do use advanced unfolding at NASA! The satellites are never aerodynamic, they have to pack them into a cube or cylinder, rocket it into space, and then have it unfold once safely in orbit.
When i see things like this, i immediately think of outer space. The way this mans designs are so dynamic and some are space saving. This is such an untapped resource for space industrialization.
He could add air pump motors into them, like the ones in air mattresses but instead of a big motor that's super slow, try making a small and fast one. This video was just awesome to me!
The first spere shown can be used to make a small tablet which when put into veins can increase in size and function as stents to reduce heart attacks.
My cousin has one of these Hoberman's spheres and when I want to her house I wouldn't let it down, I was playing the whole time with it! And I am 17. This thing is so fun!!!
back in 2017, these were so popular in the Phillippines that you can find them in almost everywhere, and I mean everywhere, in the streets too, but it doesn't look like that and it costs 2-3 bucks. It's smaller though but I find it still pretty cool.
It shares many with similarities Compliant Mechanism, the desire to use 1 component to mimic the function of hinges, springs, linkages & etc that could all act in unison under a specific load. search "Solar collector origami". Similarly how nature works, how origami works.
Pretty sure that tent is a base-x. We use them in the Marines lol. It at least looks similar and the basex can fold in to a man portable bag and extend out into a big tent that gets put together funky. Crazy stuff.
I think this research is great for habitats in space. You can create a small packet of material and let it unfold in an hostile habitat with no other problems.
Just funny to think that an idea of making non-organic or elastic stuff shrink and expand as organisms do made a genius. Great scientists are born from simple ideas and discovery based on such ideas
I saw the same technology being used in modern hospitals. Using this same device to expand blood vessels, and also being used to do what they mentioned no invasive surgery. I think his idea is barely touching it's full potential for human betterment.
There should be a museum exhibit of his designs, I'd go in a heartbeat
he does that sometimes, different places but they pop up in the boston area every now and then.
way better than abstract art!
Me too. ;D
I'm so happy this person exists.
@ice grillin f
Brand New Sentence for someone not well known.
I am happy that you exists. We need people who appreciate such talented guys.
that guy is part of our future
@ice grillin f
This guy is getting us closer to building transformable mech suits
ASID Popzz how
Look at all the cool stuff he makes
Nano tech iron man will be real😥
@@beetlepimpfollower8861 in like 89 years
@@awasdq7684 lol
This guy has made too much people have fun.
Safir *many
And it was not even what he intended to do.
Too many people*
Safir correction*
Let me zoom into your profile picture for infinity!
I threw a tantrum when I was a little boy because I wanted one of these so badly. I'm nearly 30 and I still have it.
Tantrum ftw !!!
I love it how your nearly 30 and your name is 'Crushenator500'. Love it 😂
This was in us only then.
Same
You’re still having a tantrum
I've been seeing those polygon-origami-structure designs EVERYWHERE in media, (movies, videogames, toys, structures, etc.) And I just assumed the design was a general trope artists take liberty in playing around with.
It's CRAZY to me how the person behind all of that is still around! Chuck Hoberman is a modern-day pioneer~!
There are some others in this territory, the one that springs to mind now is Robert Lang. He has been doing origami tilings for a while, has written software to help him invent new models, and comes at it from a mathematics background. This video was off by a little in the timing, I think it has been closer to 30 years that origami has been a field of serious mathematical research; apparently there are concepts and proofs that are easier to execute by folding paper than by the more typical geometric construction techniques.
The documentary "Between the Folds" shows just how much Origami has been prevalent in the past few decades, it's an awesome movie, check it out, it's probably present here on yt
A modern day Buckminster Fuller!
Polygamy
Exactly. I had this toy when I was a child (still have it) and I would never thought that the inventor is still alive. I honestly thought that it was first made in like 1920 or so. Amazing how it even got here to Eastern Europe like almost 30 years ago
It's pretty interesting to see someone that just loves what's doing for a job.
At first you look like: "But why?" And then it's like: "that's impressive" and finally: "the world need to know this!"
Haha, great video
you put my thoughts into words
You forgot the fourth step:
Anyone who doesn't love this must be executed.
Yeah about your loving job.
First step be born in a developed nation.
I hate people who ask "why" to anything new, innovative and complicated. I mean out of all the meaningless things you do in your life you ask why would someone invent something new simply because we don't know the uses of it yet? that's how monkeys should think not humans.
I like how he didn't do the whole PR spiel. "its whole purpore is to further humanity" and was just like its dope.
death_by_midget Harvard produces some incredible people they are literally so intelligent that their ideas speak for themselves
Hopefully Samsung will use him for their foldable phone
OH SNAP
Trump said no..
make America great again, let Apple make foldable phone !!
joe rock in
They did. The iphone 6...
@@CorporateShill you know what other is funny..
someome buy a stolen Samsung foldable technology..
edition.cnn.com/2018/11/30/tech/samsung-china-tech-theft/index.html
@@fkmui03 idiot, its huawei who was restricted
I think that this is what youtube should be about! No more nonsense!
Yep. Pure, unbiased education. No hidden agenda.
I love it.
@@SuqMadiq Cat vids.
Tell that to the memes
youtube started as nonsense and forever shall be nonsense
Memes and Dark humour shall always prevail , priorities you know ?
It's just all maths , everything revolves around maths and science, numbers and rules .Its just amazing that you only need a little bit of curiosity to turn an idea into an amazing invention.
No, not curiosity alone, but you must have an intrinsic talent for it.
Coop Cooper Intrinsic talent can also be acquired with a combination of intrinsic motivation and curiosity
The Master Promethean Curiosity, that us what we lack in school (or, most lack). If you're not intrested in something it becomes a lot harder to learn it.
Don't forget the art..
totally disagree about intrinsic talent. He was not born with the ability to make this or understand the maths. He learned every step of the way and so could anyone else if they wanted to
so much respect, im getting goosebumps. makes me realize the infinite possibilities my degree caters and is not limited to just building static structures but with some knowledge and creativity could really set the motions into something remarkable! so inspirational.
IVE BEEN LOOKING FOR THIS TOY FOR SO LONG.... IMMA STILL BUY IT
Did you buy it?
Holy crap I have played with a bunch of his designs over the years.
Haven't we all?
Exactly
Those oragami structures could be useful in building large scale inflatable space habitats
They are already using it for space probes m.ruclips.net/video/Ly3hMBD4h5E/видео.html
Its an amazing age to see such innovative technology just UNFOLD upon us
Me in 2045: Stubs toe on chair leg*
My Chair: Transforms into a bed!
Love videos like this. Especially when “1” person has impacted so many lives with his passion. Dope stuff.
It suprises me how something so 'simple' can be so satisfying and somewhat revolutionary in the designer world.
The Passion to Progress ..
Gotta love it
I am so amazed with this man. Iam so happy he is alive and i get to see his works
This could be as well used for space technology. Like folding solar panels or lock mechanism for spacecraft shuttle. Air fueling for jets may be another application area.
No mention of Ron Resch? His "Paper and Stick Film" is amazing and delves beautifully in this kind of mechanical geometry.
omg i've actually saw this ball in my house and decided to learn how to make a computerprogram to create perfect - shapes out of regular pieces in Solidworks !
It's so cool to know who's behind these ideas !
This guy is a living legend.
These transforming materials will play a very important role in future space explorations!!!
I used to play with this toy when I was a little kid and always wondered where that came from now I know
I love the Hobermans sphere! I didn't know he is alive i always tought it was way older
This guy: Exists.
Transformium: This man is about to end my whole career...
He should make a shape shifting structure and incorporate the golden ratio into it- that would REALLY drive the conspiracy buffs crazy!
Abhishek Bandyopadhyay can you please tell me what "Golden Ratio" is?
@@Anon-tj2zk 1.6180339887. it's irrational and has to do with the fibbonacci sequence and such. can't remember any more numbers to it tho, sorry
@@milokiss8276 Someone please explain this ^, lost me at 1.6 with this 'explanation' :/
@@carlbacker2149 numbers that could be found in many things, similar to Pi in rounds objects, golden ration could be found in many thing, but most people uses art as an example.
Milokiss82 I love how you just made me even more curious when you dropped the "fibbonacci" bomb 😂🤦🏻♂️
i remember watching the hoberman's sphere at liberty science center in amazement as a kid. so cool to actually see the guy who created it
Don't worry we'll make good use of it, geometry is better than material strength.
for applications that not only saves space and weight but dynamically be used as a multifunctional object.
just looking at it, it can also be used to rapidly prototype a structure, before setting the final product.
it can also be used to guide of each multiple units to form a specific shape, like legos but with dynamic transformation.
it can also be used to hasten 3d printing by making multiple tiny units for assembly.
there are so many applications.
This kind of person give new ways to thing beyond the end of ideas
I always wondered who's the genius behind the liberty museum centerpiece.... Inspired me as a kid to learn mechanics and physics!
Making transforming objects like this seems like an insanely satisfying job.
And nobody mentionned construction in space?!? This guy should partner with Bigelow Aerospace!
DunnickFayuro They do use advanced unfolding at NASA! The satellites are never aerodynamic, they have to pack them into a cube or cylinder, rocket it into space, and then have it unfold once safely in orbit.
seededsoul that’s mostly stuff like solar panels and radio wave things
the new satellite James Webb that NASA is putting extensively uses origami to fold and unfold its panels, it's mindblowing
When i see things like this, i immediately think of outer space. The way this mans designs are so dynamic and some are space saving. This is such an untapped resource for space industrialization.
Love the way he talks about exploring inventions for the simple sake of invention.
Got my face stuck in one of the sphere's
Ok, this is epic
He could add air pump motors into them, like the ones in air mattresses but instead of a big motor that's super slow, try making a small and fast one. This video was just awesome to me!
This dude is seeing in multiple dimensions and trying to bring them all here!!!
Oh my god I have an exact version of the one at 0:00, literally this guy is amazing and has created an amazing yet simple toy to play with
This was much more fascinating than I thought it would be, engineering is really amazing
"with his robotic arm"
because that sounded way cooler than cnc router?
What a wonderful way to create an geometric structure with hints of abstraction
I think he does it because discovery is exciting.
The first spere shown can be used to make a small tablet which when put into veins can increase in size and function as stents to reduce heart attacks.
It's incredible
I would like to suggest that doing a video on “Why a 110 mph ice hockey slap shot is almost impossible” would be an interesting video
This guy is a legend and gives many kids (me back then too) the small push into the wonders of geometry
0:44 I still have that ball since I was young
My cousin has one of these Hoberman's spheres and when I want to her house I wouldn't let it down, I was playing the whole time with it! And I am 17. This thing is so fun!!!
back in 2017, these were so popular in the Phillippines that you can find them in almost everywhere, and I mean everywhere, in the streets too, but it doesn't look like that and it costs 2-3 bucks. It's smaller though but I find it still pretty cool.
ALWAYS BLUE ALWAYS BLUE ALWAYS BLUE
cube?
Silicon valley
Political?
They should rename it to the "Always Blue" toy... always wondered what they were playing with on the show.
*WE NEED MORE PEOPLE LIKE HIM*
I've designed a hydraulic hoberman ball on an equalizer and filter...you can choose just the bassline drums or vox. Makes a great visual. My idea.
I wish this kind of scientists can live long enough to fulfill their curiosity.
Cause it makes me happy.
The amazing simplicity in this is basically it's all just levers
It shares many with similarities Compliant Mechanism, the desire to use 1 component to mimic the function of hinges, springs, linkages & etc that could all act in unison under a specific load. search "Solar collector origami".
Similarly how nature works, how origami works.
I love how he said "I could say its to help humanity..."
This channel especially obsessed is what I love.❤️
oh wow i remember having both the sphere and the flipping inside out thing when i was little but i didn't realize they were made by the same person
Combination art and engineering mind, this guy unbelievable
This guy has the best job ever
When Mr. Chuck says the shapes while pulling his sphere out, I began to see DNA right away.
i really think that this could be the key to many inventions and things in the future...
A trihexaflexagon or a hexahexaflexagon are good examples of mathematicians going into origami.... It's all really interesting.
2:00 I KNOW THAT PLACE, ITS THE MILWAUKEE DISCOVERY WORLD I GO THERE ALL THE TIME
These kind of people change mankind
personally i love origami and one of my favourite origami pieces to make is an origami flexigon so i wonder if he could make one with a machine
I LOVED THAT BALL THING WHEN I WAS YOUNG
4:22 it make me think about Kirin Jindosh in Dishonored 2 with the mechanical mansion.
I have the one where you throw it and it flips colours... i didn’t expect it to come up in a video i watch
People like him are infortant to our world
This should come up as a course in edx with him as a professor, i would take that.
Pretty sure that tent is a base-x. We use them in the Marines lol. It at least looks similar and the basex can fold in to a man portable bag and extend out into a big tent that gets put together funky. Crazy stuff.
Those designs are more than meets the eye.
Omg... he made that ball that changes from black to white???
THAT IS MY CHILDHOOD
FWIW, I've been told that that was actually invented by someone working for him, and Hoberman stole both the design and the credit.
he's a well renowned wizard he teaches at muggle university!!!
This is North America, we call them No-Maj. its a No-Maj university.
I think this research is great for habitats in space.
You can create a small packet of material and let it unfold in an hostile habitat with no other problems.
Just funny to think that an idea of making non-organic or elastic stuff shrink and expand as organisms do made a genius.
Great scientists are born from simple ideas and discovery based on such ideas
Awesome seeing these and knowing the story to it. Love that
3:05 been there and that’s exactly what I thought of when they showed this ball
wow i have his exact same passion in life...it would be cool to work for his company
Amazing video, one of my favorite channels.
“Robotic arm?” This is a tech channel, we know what a cnc is.
This toy is one of my childhood memories
If anyone can grasp the complexity of higher dimensions and bring it closer to us stuck in this 3D space its this man and people that he influenced!
I saw the same technology being used in modern hospitals. Using this same device to expand blood vessels, and also being used to do what they mentioned no invasive surgery. I think his idea is barely touching it's full potential for human betterment.
"We will watch your career with great interest."
4:44 does he have a winter car shelter that works like that? 👀
Uhhh I loved that inside out flip thing when I was young :D
5:57 I was listening to this in the background and for a second thought this dude was a cyborg
Nature as the BEST form of inspiration.
I have a lot of respect for this madlad
Hope this guy live a lot of years .
The beauty of maths specially geometry :)
“It’s not in a box, you can see it” “why don’t we put it in a box”