14-year-old student created an earthquake-resistant structure

14-year-old Miles Vu created a structure made of paper that can bear a load 10,000 times its own weight. This was reported by Zamin.uz.

This was reported by *Business Insider*. A school student living in New York discovered during his research that buildings can be made more resilient in emergencies such as earthquakes using an origami technique called "miura-ori".

During the implementation of his project, Miles tested 54 different origami variations made from three types of paper. As a result, he created his most successful design and won the grand prize at the Thermo Fisher Scientific Junior Innovators Challenge.

"The strongest miura-ori structure I tested demonstrated that it can carry a load 10,000 times its own weight. To imagine this load, it is equivalent to the number of taxis in New York that can accommodate over 4,000 elephants," said Miles.

Miles intends to spend the $25,000 prize won at the competition on his education. He stated that in the future he aims to use the origami technique to solve real-life problems and also to create safe shelters for people.