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Science
Japanese ‘Origami Aeroplane’ Enthusiast Breaks World Record for Longest Paper Plane Flight
4:00PM Dan Nosowitz | Takuo Toda, head of the Japan Origami Aeroplane Association (classy!) set a new world record with his 27.9 second flight. His greatest ambition, however, is to launch a paper plane…from space. More »
Design
Friday Easy Origami: Business Card Becomes iPod Earbud Winder
11:30AM Wilson Rothman | Those designers at Core77 never stop. Today, one of them devised a super-simple but damn-if-it’s-not-worth-it business-card hack that finally gives you a way to stash those damn white earbuds. Share your attempts in comments. [Core77] More »
Business
Dollar Origami iPhone App Instructs How to Properly Fold a Bill
11:20AM Gizmodo US Edition | Ever wanted to create a dollar bill TIE Fighter? What about a shirt? Well Dollar Origami is here to help, but let me warn you it’s much harder than you think… More »
Random Stuff
How To: Origami Millennium Falcon
9:00PM Brian Lam | Wired’s January issue contains this origami Millennium Falcon tutorial. Even better, the creator, Philip Schulz, has a website full of origami directions almost every ship in the imperial and rebel fleet. [HappyMagPie via Wired] More »
Gadgets
Space Origami Kit (Pew, Pew, Blast Off, Etc)
5:15AM Mark Wilson | Paper cranes are alright, but they won’t match our bedsheets. More »
Design
Amazing Origami Star Trek, Star Wars Spaceships Make Good Use of Dollars
3:45AM Kit Eaton | Spaceships, famous sci-fi ones from Star Trek and Star Wars, made of cunningly folded dollar bills—the Millenium Falcon takes just three dollar bills—and possessing fantastic detail. Enough said. Well, that and the fact it seems a pretty good use for dollar notes nowadays. Check out the gallery below, and more of origamist (?) Won Park’s work at the DeviantArt link. [DeviantArt via Dvice] galleryPost('origamispace', 4, ''); More »
Science
Origami Space Shuttles Unveiled, Kids Around the World Hold Their Breath
10:00PM Jesus Diaz | This has to be the dream of every kid and adult on Earth: Make a paper plane and throw it from orbit. Well, there’s one lucky Japanese astronaut who is going to get nine of them, a paper space shuttle fleet which will go up to the International Space Station. Then, they will be dropped from orbit into a 400km, two-day flight to the ground. If you are thinking that these origami spacecrafts won’t be able to resist the re-entry, think again: They can sustain Mach 7 speeds (8,500kph) and 200-degree Celsius temperatures. More »
Design
Futuristic Origami Desk Cut and Folded from a Single Sheet of Steel
6:20AM Sean Fallon | No doubt about it, this is one bad-ass-looking desk. But the 3Fold from Formtank is more than just a striking visual design—it is also impressive because it was cut and folded from a single sheet of steel using CAD/CAM technology. Formtank bills it as an excellent CEO desk, which is why it takes CEO money to buy one. Constructing your own version starts at around US$7,000. [Formtank via Core77 via Boing Boing] galleryPost('3folddesk', 3, ''); More »
Random Stuff
Netflix Origami Folds Out the Trash
7:20AM Mark Wilson | Even with Netflix’s reusable mailers, the little torn-off panels begin to add up. Of course, you could just throw these away. Or if you’re a bit more pretentious about it, you could recycle them and tell the whole block what a fantastic recycler you are—after all, some people just throw these things away. Or, if you’re really great—and by “great” I mean freaky-obsessive compulsive—you’ll fold these scraps into origami. Full instructions await those who are finished tweezing microscopic shreds of red paper from their rug while patting their heads and singing The Wheels on the Bus. [NetFlix Origami] More »
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