Enter Brigham Young University, more commonly known as BYU, with its innovative origami solution. The Compliant Mechanisms Research Lab at BYU engineered a small, foldable design that would assist in launching NASA and U.S. Air Force systems to space by rocket. Once it has been launched, it enlarges 10 times its original size after being deployed in space.
Traveling from Utah all the way to space
The BYU team leaders, Professor Larry Howell and Professor Spencer Magleby invented a foldable antenna and telescope that deploys from space rockets and opens permanently thereafter. This antenna and telescope will then be utilized to improve satellite systems. After five years of research, the prototypes will soon be presented to NASA and the U.S. Air Force. Perhaps it can be used to power AI from space?