High-Level Project Summary
We folded many papers in order to create a replica as accurate as possible of the James Webb telescope. Besides the antenna, all parts were created using recycled paper. Our solution solves the challenge including both parts that can be assembled via pockets and little tabs and parts that ought to be pasted together, showing that there are many different ways in which a problem can be faced. Our solution is important because it reminds us that, just like the real James Webb telescope, every single engineering artifact out there is just created out of simple materials. in our case, paper.
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Detailed Project Description
The origami is made out of 4 different parts: the base, the circuitry, the antenna, and the tripode. Despite containing over more than 20 individual pieces, all folding steps are quite simple, and assembly is rather intuitive for anyone to follow. We made use of white glue, recycled paper, yellow, and black bond paper.
Space Agency Data
We used information and images provided by Nasa over on https://www.jwst.nasa.gov/ as inspiration and a guide to build our origami model.
Hackathon Journey
The journey was incredibly unexpected. The team was originally composed of only one member, who soon learned that a team needed at least 2 people for the final product to be eligible. Saturday went by without many advances from the now uninspired member, On Sunday, however, even organizators helped find members to avoid getting the project left behind. Communication and different ideas stopped us on our tracks when we first had a team call, but we soon found a way to merge our ideas to create the beautiful final piece after brainstorming for a while and listening to each other's feedback.
References
https://www.jwst.nasa.gov/
Tags
#origami
Global Judging
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