How a Harvard Professor Makes Transforming Toys & Designs

How a Harvard Professor Makes Transforming Toys & Designs | WIRED

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Chuck Hoberman's eponymous sphere is one of the best-loved toys of the last quarter century. But it's only one example of his incredible work in transformable design. From adaptive nanotech to flexible building materials, Hoberman has created surprising and inventive designs at every scale.
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@mattj4112 5 жыл бұрын

There should be a museum exhibit of his designs, I'd go in a heartbeat

@henrydonaldson4665 5 жыл бұрын

he does that sometimes, different places but they pop up in the boston area every now and then.

@ResistUnjustLaws 5 жыл бұрын

way better than abstract art!

@saintlikegrimm 5 жыл бұрын

Me too. ;D

@katiekawaii 5 жыл бұрын

I'm so happy this person exists.

@tommertuck1041 5 жыл бұрын

@ice grillin f

@dibbidydoo4318 5 жыл бұрын

Brand New Sentence for someone not well known.

@oozoorik 5 жыл бұрын

I am happy that you exists. We need people who appreciate such talented guys.

@sharpshootinggameplay7622 4 жыл бұрын

that guy is part of our future

@tommertuck1041 4 жыл бұрын

@ice grillin f

@AyBee9725 5 жыл бұрын

This guy is getting us closer to building transformable mech suits

@Kodaiva 5 жыл бұрын

ASID Popzz how

@RuneGoblin27 5 жыл бұрын

Look at all the cool stuff he makes

@beetlepimpfollower8861 5 жыл бұрын

Nano tech iron man will be real😥

@awasdq7684 4 жыл бұрын

@@beetlepimpfollower8861 in like 89 years

@beetlepimpfollower8861 4 жыл бұрын

@@awasdq7684 lol

@safir2241 5 жыл бұрын

This guy has made too much people have fun.

@pseudonym2839 5 жыл бұрын

Safir *many

@Djorgal 5 жыл бұрын

And it was not even what he intended to do.

@shanep357 5 жыл бұрын

Too many people*

@OxidizedNail 5 жыл бұрын

Safir correction*

@sulferx6370 5 жыл бұрын

Let me zoom into your profile picture for infinity!

@Crushenator500 5 жыл бұрын

I threw a tantrum when I was a little boy because I wanted one of these so badly. I'm nearly 30 and I still have it.

@grendelum 5 жыл бұрын

Tantrum ftw !!!

@mrfantasticxx 5 жыл бұрын

I love it how your nearly 30 and your name is 'Crushenator500'. Love it 😂

@huskiehuskerson5300 5 жыл бұрын

This was in us only then.

@treyingram 5 жыл бұрын

Same

@OriginalCookedBread 5 жыл бұрын

You’re still having a tantrum

@paulolange3462 5 жыл бұрын

It's pretty interesting to see someone that just loves what's doing for a job. At first you look like: "But why?" And then it's like: "that's impressive" and finally: "the world need to know this!" Haha, great video

@METTI1986LA 5 жыл бұрын

you put my thoughts into words

@alansmithee419 5 жыл бұрын

You forgot the fourth step: Anyone who doesn't love this must be executed.

@huskiehuskerson5300 5 жыл бұрын

Yeah about your loving job. First step be born in a developed nation.

@0mer870 4 жыл бұрын

I hate people who ask "why" to anything new, innovative and complicated. I mean out of all the meaningless things you do in your life you ask why would someone invent something new simply because we don't know the uses of it yet? that's how monkeys should think not humans.

@jumanjicostco3248 5 жыл бұрын

I've been seeing those polygon-origami-structure designs EVERYWHERE in media, (movies, videogames, toys, structures, etc.) And I just assumed the design was a general trope artists take liberty in playing around with. It's CRAZY to me how the person behind all of that is still around! Chuck Hoberman is a modern-day pioneer~!

@OrigamiMarie 5 жыл бұрын

There are some others in this territory, the one that springs to mind now is Robert Lang. He has been doing origami tilings for a while, has written software to help him invent new models, and comes at it from a mathematics background. This video was off by a little in the timing, I think it has been closer to 30 years that origami has been a field of serious mathematical research; apparently there are concepts and proofs that are easier to execute by folding paper than by the more typical geometric construction techniques.

@RuthwikRao 5 жыл бұрын

The documentary "Between the Folds" shows just how much Origami has been prevalent in the past few decades, it's an awesome movie, check it out, it's probably present here on yt

@rogermoody2660 5 жыл бұрын

A modern day Buckminster Fuller!

@mr.rabbit4755 4 жыл бұрын

Polygamy

@anj000 Жыл бұрын

Exactly. I had this toy when I was a child (still have it) and I would never thought that the inventor is still alive. I honestly thought that it was first made in like 1920 or so. Amazing how it even got here to Eastern Europe like almost 30 years ago

@chipmunk449 5 жыл бұрын

I like how he didn't do the whole PR spiel. "its whole purpore is to further humanity" and was just like its dope.

@thomasloydon9198 5 жыл бұрын

death_by_midget Harvard produces some incredible people they are literally so intelligent that their ideas speak for themselves

@CY2K24 5 жыл бұрын

It's just all maths , everything revolves around maths and science, numbers and rules .Its just amazing that you only need a little bit of curiosity to turn an idea into an amazing invention.

@lcoopcooperl 5 жыл бұрын

No, not curiosity alone, but you must have an intrinsic talent for it.

@BayesianBrain 5 жыл бұрын

Coop Cooper Intrinsic talent can also be acquired with a combination of intrinsic motivation and curiosity

@kasper5688 5 жыл бұрын

The Master Promethean Curiosity, that us what we lack in school (or, most lack). If you're not intrested in something it becomes a lot harder to learn it.

@hafizh2011 5 жыл бұрын

Don't forget the art..

@BlueyMcPhluey 5 жыл бұрын

totally disagree about intrinsic talent. He was not born with the ability to make this or understand the maths. He learned every step of the way and so could anyone else if they wanted to

@siyona7291 5 жыл бұрын

I think that this is what youtube should be about! No more nonsense!

@SuqMadiq 5 жыл бұрын

Yep. Pure, unbiased education. No hidden agenda. I love it.

@isaachlloyd 5 жыл бұрын

@@SuqMadiq Cat vids.

@obisvanainobis9950 5 жыл бұрын

Tell that to the memes

@WiWillemijn 5 жыл бұрын

youtube started as nonsense and forever shall be nonsense

@SanilJadhav711 5 жыл бұрын

Memes and Dark humour shall always prevail , priorities you know ?

@WinstonWilliamsofficial 5 жыл бұрын

Hopefully Samsung will use him for their foldable phone

@guyspy21 5 жыл бұрын

OH SNAP

@fkmui03 5 жыл бұрын

Trump said no.. make America great again, let Apple make foldable phone !!

@CorporateShill 5 жыл бұрын

joe rock in They did. The iphone 6...

@fkmui03 5 жыл бұрын

@@CorporateShill you know what other is funny.. someome buy a stolen Samsung foldable technology.. edition.cnn.com/2018/11/30/tech/samsung-china-tech-theft/index.html

@itayminster5144 5 жыл бұрын

@@fkmui03 idiot, its huawei who was restricted

@andrewh6296 5 жыл бұрын

IVE BEEN LOOKING FOR THIS TOY FOR SO LONG.... IMMA STILL BUY IT

@arkuai 3 жыл бұрын

Did you buy it?

@TheJttv 5 жыл бұрын

Holy crap I have played with a bunch of his designs over the years.

@hetchbeats 5 жыл бұрын

Haven't we all?

@shivanshlolayekar9668 4 жыл бұрын

Exactly

@jackmeriustacktheritrix7355 4 жыл бұрын

Me in 2045: Stubs toe on chair leg* My Chair: Transforms into a bed!

@haniie6368 5 жыл бұрын

so much respect, im getting goosebumps. makes me realize the infinite possibilities my degree caters and is not limited to just building static structures but with some knowledge and creativity could really set the motions into something remarkable! so inspirational.

@darkfur18 5 жыл бұрын

Those oragami structures could be useful in building large scale inflatable space habitats

@narcosalpha9472 3 жыл бұрын

They are already using it for space probes m.kzfaq.info/get/bejne/gt9jm7BzqZrMZXk.html

@AKSourGod 4 жыл бұрын

Love videos like this. Especially when “1” person has impacted so many lives with his passion. Dope stuff.

@marieljeanneseras 5 жыл бұрын

I am so amazed with this man. Iam so happy he is alive and i get to see his works

@icompletelyandwholehearted9551 5 жыл бұрын

Its an amazing age to see such innovative technology just UNFOLD upon us

@bryankelly335 5 жыл бұрын

The Passion to Progress .. Gotta love it

@exactpause9218 5 жыл бұрын

I love the Hobermans sphere! I didn't know he is alive i always tought it was way older

@tototroller337 5 жыл бұрын

It suprises me how something so 'simple' can be so satisfying and somewhat revolutionary in the designer world.

@edenyanko9521 5 жыл бұрын

omg i've actually saw this ball in my house and decided to learn how to make a computerprogram to create perfect - shapes out of regular pieces in Solidworks ! It's so cool to know who's behind these ideas !

@hectortheotaku3022 5 жыл бұрын

I used to play with this toy when I was a little kid and always wondered where that came from now I know

@BodomsScythe 5 жыл бұрын

This guy is a living legend.

@AyBee9725 5 жыл бұрын

He should make a shape shifting structure and incorporate the golden ratio into it- that would REALLY drive the conspiracy buffs crazy!

@Anon-tj2zk 5 жыл бұрын

Abhishek Bandyopadhyay can you please tell me what "Golden Ratio" is?

@milokiss8276 5 жыл бұрын

@@Anon-tj2zk 1.6180339887. it's irrational and has to do with the fibbonacci sequence and such. can't remember any more numbers to it tho, sorry

@carlbacker2149 5 жыл бұрын

@@milokiss8276 Someone please explain this ^, lost me at 1.6 with this 'explanation' :/

@biowbe4522 5 жыл бұрын

@@carlbacker2149 numbers that could be found in many things, similar to Pi in rounds objects, golden ration could be found in many thing, but most people uses art as an example.

@Anon-tj2zk 5 жыл бұрын

Milokiss82 I love how you just made me even more curious when you dropped the "fibbonacci" bomb 😂🤦🏻‍♂️

@gearmic8786 5 жыл бұрын

Making transforming objects like this seems like an insanely satisfying job.

@NessaOfDorthonion 5 жыл бұрын

This was much more fascinating than I thought it would be, engineering is really amazing

@Volvith 5 жыл бұрын

This guy: Exists. Transformium: This man is about to end my whole career...

@truememes4385 5 жыл бұрын

Got my face stuck in one of the sphere's

@chandrashekhargutte9867 4 жыл бұрын

This kind of person give new ways to thing beyond the end of ideas

@milktoast3115 5 жыл бұрын

i remember watching the hoberman's sphere at liberty science center in amazement as a kid. so cool to actually see the guy who created it

@rishabhvashistha5513 5 жыл бұрын

This could be as well used for space technology. Like folding solar panels or lock mechanism for spacecraft shuttle. Air fueling for jets may be another application area.

@TrOllOllOllO0071 5 жыл бұрын

It's incredible

@yimika 5 жыл бұрын

Oh my god I have an exact version of the one at 0:00, literally this guy is amazing and has created an amazing yet simple toy to play with

@udaytodi5422 5 жыл бұрын

These transforming materials will play a very important role in future space explorations!!!

@gkkuter 5 жыл бұрын

Ok, this is epic

@DunnickFayuro 5 жыл бұрын

And nobody mentionned construction in space?!? This guy should partner with Bigelow Aerospace!

@seededsoul 5 жыл бұрын

DunnickFayuro They do use advanced unfolding at NASA! The satellites are never aerodynamic, they have to pack them into a cube or cylinder, rocket it into space, and then have it unfold once safely in orbit.

@Kodaiva 5 жыл бұрын

seededsoul that’s mostly stuff like solar panels and radio wave things

@RuthwikRao 5 жыл бұрын

the new satellite James Webb that NASA is putting extensively uses origami to fold and unfold its panels, it's mindblowing

@MasterOfPeeing 5 жыл бұрын

Art/design and function are two elegant combinations

@zelly4914 5 жыл бұрын

Love the way he talks about exploring inventions for the simple sake of invention.

@fiskfisk33 5 жыл бұрын

"with his robotic arm" because that sounded way cooler than cnc router?

@novaodd5677 4 жыл бұрын

This dude is seeing in multiple dimensions and trying to bring them all here!!!

@alreadystillagain 5 жыл бұрын

No mention of Ron Resch? His "Paper and Stick Film" is amazing and delves beautifully in this kind of mechanical geometry.

@virginnocence 5 жыл бұрын

I could watch videos about these creations all day.

@jamesisaacrl 5 жыл бұрын

ALWAYS BLUE ALWAYS BLUE ALWAYS BLUE

@xiaoxiaoxiao686 5 жыл бұрын

cube?

@greenteawithcrystals7649 5 жыл бұрын

Silicon valley

@itayminster5144 5 жыл бұрын

Political?

@cotedazure 5 жыл бұрын

They should rename it to the "Always Blue" toy... always wondered what they were playing with on the show.

@glenbartholomew1058 5 жыл бұрын

I think he does it because discovery is exciting.

@NYHeeb Жыл бұрын

Awesome seeing these and knowing the story to it. Love that

@KeepItShuffled 5 жыл бұрын

He could add air pump motors into them, like the ones in air mattresses but instead of a big motor that's super slow, try making a small and fast one. This video was just awesome to me!

@ARITRAMUKHERJEEjan1989 5 жыл бұрын

The beauty of maths specially geometry :)

@Buy-n-large 5 жыл бұрын

“Robotic arm?” This is a tech channel, we know what a cnc is.

@adityashukla2635 3 жыл бұрын

This channel especially obsessed is what I love.❤️

@skelitalmisfit12 5 жыл бұрын

When i see things like this, i immediately think of outer space. The way this mans designs are so dynamic and some are space saving. This is such an untapped resource for space industrialization.

@jameswilson8270 5 жыл бұрын

Amazing. I wonder if electromagnets with varying power levels would work to do the unfolding.

@EmixsalEmixii 5 жыл бұрын

i like this guy

@classic-pigeon 5 жыл бұрын

0:44 I still have that ball since I was young

@reonee2801 5 жыл бұрын

This guy is a legend and gives many kids (me back then too) the small push into the wonders of geometry

@dh472 5 жыл бұрын

How can i order this toy?

@zeushe1853 4 жыл бұрын

At Harvard, Smart is ordinary.

@spoopyskeleton4239 5 жыл бұрын

So this is the man I owe it to for my child hood, thank you kind sir

@ayoubthegreat 5 жыл бұрын

Amazing video, one of my favorite channels.

@looserdev 5 жыл бұрын

4:22 in 2030 you could buy Super Saiyan transformations.

@kami9422 5 жыл бұрын

Guy: Makes a geometrical object *turns into a toy* Guy: Am I a joke to you?

@darkbloom9218 4 жыл бұрын

When Mr. Chuck says the shapes while pulling his sphere out, I began to see DNA right away.

@muhammadizzhakimbinramli3431 5 жыл бұрын

The amazing simplicity in this is basically it's all just levers

@juantelle1 5 жыл бұрын

He should work for nasa. His work is exactly what engineers were looking for for the James Webb Telescope

@germansniper5277 5 жыл бұрын

i think they have enough people that do this already.

@RandomVids519 5 жыл бұрын

He used a blow up doll once then had to hide it fast

@properlee_ 5 жыл бұрын

K, loser

@sebastiansosa3072 5 жыл бұрын

I love how he said "I could say its to help humanity..."

@nazekpurplesyou9739 4 жыл бұрын

My cousin has one of these Hoberman's spheres and when I want to her house I wouldn't let it down, I was playing the whole time with it! And I am 17. This thing is so fun!!!

@ryguy9509 4 жыл бұрын

This guy should make a transformer

@jinkstacks4830 4 жыл бұрын

transformers, origami in disguise

@homebodytiger 5 жыл бұрын

This is so freaking amazing...

@dyliemarsh 5 жыл бұрын

I would like to suggest that doing a video on “Why a 110 mph ice hockey slap shot is almost impossible” would be an interesting video

@akilank693 4 жыл бұрын

He have great potential to transform a gun..... War could be fun

@maxwellramos40 5 жыл бұрын

He should buddy up with elon musk

@lcd379 5 жыл бұрын

i had one of those before, it was very fascinating and fun to play with

@lo1bo2 5 жыл бұрын

Those designs are more than meets the eye.

@tiskolin 5 жыл бұрын

@TapWater700 5 жыл бұрын

@salilhegiste_live 5 жыл бұрын

Its really really amazing and magical, mesmerizing what he does using origami and transformation

@lawlietthetoast_1856 5 жыл бұрын

Uhhh I loved that inside out flip thing when I was young :D

@kai-xc5dk 5 жыл бұрын

oh wow i remember having both the sphere and the flipping inside out thing when i was little but i didn't realize they were made by the same person

@drew45 5 жыл бұрын

People like him are infortant to our world

@OhAzanChannel 5 жыл бұрын

Very inspiring. Thank you for making this video.

@jeavon69 Жыл бұрын

What a wonderful way to create an geometric structure with hints of abstraction

@quinnreverance611 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you Chuck Hoberman. Very cool!

@imakedumusic3393 4 жыл бұрын

i really think that this could be the key to many inventions and things in the future...

@skyty0 5 жыл бұрын

5:57 I was listening to this in the background and for a second thought this dude was a cyborg

@jayhanns1847 4 жыл бұрын

I LOVED THAT BALL THING WHEN I WAS YOUNG

@saintlikegrimm 5 жыл бұрын

A new kind of art is born.

@babis_mousto8866 4 жыл бұрын

*WE NEED MORE PEOPLE LIKE HIM*

@elpi2804 5 жыл бұрын

I have a lot of respect for this madlad

@edwnx0 5 жыл бұрын

4:44 does he have a winter car shelter that works like that? 👀

@ZimmMr 4 жыл бұрын

I always wondered who's the genius behind the liberty museum centerpiece.... Inspired me as a kid to learn mechanics and physics!

@zem7779 5 жыл бұрын

his toys are so cool !

@Punchy_Portuguese 5 жыл бұрын

Simply amazing.

@hadidwirawan196 3 жыл бұрын

Combination art and engineering mind, this guy unbelievable

@liulucy6051 4 жыл бұрын

Beautiful.

@drillaplayer9010 5 жыл бұрын

The sphere is was my fav toy when I was a kid I need to get another

@SlapYoLipsOff 5 жыл бұрын

This dude is a national treasure.

@spritemon98 5 жыл бұрын

Oh my god i loved that toy when i was younger