I went to the Fairgrounds yesterday to pick up my entry
in this year's fair. The Indiana State Fair ended Sunday night
after the last bulb on the carnival was turned off.
after the last bulb on the carnival was turned off.
I walked through the carnival area to visit another area
of the grounds. It was amazing to see how quickly
people had cleaned up their stuff, folded their tents,
and left town. The grounds are already so tidy
and left town. The grounds are already so tidy
you could almost say that the Fair had never been.
I saw a couple pair of giant fiberglass bears that seemed
as though they were dancing. While they may have
looked as though they were dancing with glee,
I was amazed at how the entire carnival ride had
been folded into itself to ride on a trailer.
been folded into itself to ride on a trailer.
It must be a pretty unique field of engineering
to make a carousel or a roller-coaster fold
into a small enough wad to fit onto a truck.
to make a carousel or a roller-coaster fold
into a small enough wad to fit onto a truck.
4 comments:
I think it's the same obsession with origami that led NASA to design the James Webb Space Telescope's village-sized heat shield fold up into the size of a handkerchief and somehow have the ability to unfurl itself in deep space.
Those bears must scare the crap out of kids.
They commissioned a famous origami guy to design the folds for it, an American who picked it up as a hobby, now has a career.
I've read about him, and seen documentaries, but can't recall his name. Sorry.
Here it is - Robert Lang an "expert in the field of computational origami."
http://www.nasa.gov/centers/langley/news/releases/2011/11-015.html
Yay! Fun!
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