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This Human-Sized Origami Reimagines Emergency Shelters


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One bright April day on a Harvard University lawn, David Melancon stepped out of a white plastic tent carrying a table. Then another. Then he made a few trips to produce 14 chairs. Then a bike, followed by a yellow bike pump. Finally, he carried out a large orange Shop-Vac. Melancon, a PhD candidate in applied mathematics, then closed the tent’s makeshift door behind him. This was what his team dubbed their “clown car” demonstration proof that a huge number of objects could fit inside a tent which, only a few moments before, had been a flat stack of plastic about the size of a twin mattress, then inflated into an origami-inspired shelter. ....

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Bistable pop-up structures inspired by origami


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IMAGE: This inflatable shelter is out of thick plastic sheets and can pop up or fold flat.
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Credit: (Image courtesy of Benjamin Gorissen/David Melancon/Harvard SEAS)
In 2016, an inflatable arch wreaked havoc at the Tour de France bicycle race when it deflated and collapsed on a cyclist, throwing him from his bike and delaying the race while officials scrambled to clear the debris from the road. Officials blamed a passing spectator s wayward belt buckle for the arch s collapse, but the real culprit was physics.
Today s inflatable structures, used for everything from field hospitals to sporting complexes, are monostable, meaning they need a constant input of pressure in order to maintain their inflated state. Lose that pressure and the structure returns to its only stable form flat. ....

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Overwhelming response to Louisiana's Coronavirus vaccine rollout


Overwhelming response: Hundreds on waitlist as Louisiana pharmacies get COVID-19 vaccine
Deborah Bayliss, Shreveport Times
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A telephone call to a pharmacy anywhere in Louisiana seeking the COVID-19 vaccine at this point will likely be met with a recorded message or store clerk advising qualifying citizens to add their names to a waiting list, as all the recently distributed doses have been allocated.
Brookshire’s Pharmacy on Line Avenue in Shreveport urges those seeking the coronavirus vaccine to check back in February to be added to their waiting list.
“We only received 100 doses for each of the stores,” Charlotte Weller, health services manager for Brookshire Grocery Companies, told The Times Tuesday. “There’s been a strong response from people seeking the vaccine. ....

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