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by totalZero 2171 days ago
Do you work for Airbus?

Research, design, printing, assembly...it's all there in the article. I find it thought-provoking that an extremely complex machine can be represented in great detail with so mundane a material.

The re-creation of a 3D form from a non-rigid, non-ductile 2D material requires a surprising intuition for topology and projection.

Even if you just see this model as a low-tech knick-knack, I don't see what's pretentious about appreciating a model of one of the world's best-known aircraft, made of one of the most ubiquitous and accessible materials on earth. You could show this to a group of children in the countryside of a third-world country and they, too, would be amazed by it.

Nobody cares if you don't want to visit HN any more because you don't like the articles that are collectively upvoted here.

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Cool story