Origami

Science

The Best Origami Is The Kind That Folds Itself

7:20AM November 11, 2011 | Jamie Condliffe

Ever wished your paper aeroplane would just make itself? Well now it can. Almost. Because scientists have developed a material that can fold itself when you shine light on it, without you ever needing to lay a finger on the thing. More »

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The Ridimpossibly Small Nanorigami

11:00AM August 16, 2011 | Jesus Diaz

Anja Markiewicz is a sorcerer. She and her friends are capable of materialising wonderful animals and figures smaller than a nail out of one inch paper. That micro-rabbit stole my heart, until the mini-dragon ate it. [Flickr via This Is Colossal] More »

Computing

Elecom’s Origami Mouse Can’t Possibly Be Comfortable To Use

1:17AM July 22, 2011 | Adrian Covert

My eyes love the geometric nature of the Elecom Orime mouse. Something tells me my hands would not. Complete with five buttons (concealed by the mouse’s origami-inspired design) and laser tracking, this RF wireless mouse is available for $US85. [GeekStuff4U]

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An Origami Phone You Could Actually Use

12:10PM June 3, 2011 | Kelly Hodgkins

A phone made of paper that you can fold and actually use. That’s the concept Chengyuan Wei designed when he spent some time thinking creatively about the classic telephone. More »

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Watch Origami Magically Unfold In Water

6:40AM May 18, 2011 | Casey Chan

These micro-origamis are super tiny, only 2-3cm long, with a ton of intricate folds. When they touch water though, they magically unfold and flatten out to become a lily pad of sorts. It’s an effect called capillarity. More »

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Origami Animals’ Skeletons Revealed For The First Time

7:40PM April 26, 2011 | Kat Hannaford

Thanks to Takayuki Hori’s X-ray origami paper, we’ve had the first look at origami animals’ skeletons since the first crane was folded neatly in the 17th century. More »

Cars

Watch A Papercraft Ninja Create An Origami Audi A7

12:20AM April 21, 2011 | Matt Hardigree

The asstastic Audi A7 may be all aluminium und schteel, but artist Tarasa Lesko was able to take 285 pieces of paper and 750 parts to render it in flattened wood pulp. And it only took 254 hours to finish! More »

Fold Up This iPad Case Like Origami And Make A Stand

9:20AM November 6, 2010 | Kat Hannaford

It’s a two-in-one iPad case! We’ve seen a few multipurpose cases now, but Incase’s Origami has a particular surfer-wetsuit-look that I really dig. More »

Origami Yourself A Colourful OLED Light

12:20PM August 13, 2010 | Christina Bonnington

Fold up the hinged, colourful OLED triangles into the shape of your choosing to illuminate your desk or bedroom. Check out the video to watch them in action… Just a couple more folds and I think they’d have a crane… More »

Science

Watch Self-Folding Origami Take All The Fun Out Of Miniature Paper Boats

12:20AM June 30, 2010 | Brian Barrett

Researchers at MIT and Harvard, it seems, have been putting those big brains to use to create automated origami. It’s crazy cool engineering and creepy in a Frankenstein’s lab type of way. But can it make a paper crane? More »