Imagine this: With a simple flash of light or heat, an unassuming piece of paper folds itself into a crane and, as the light pulses, flaps its paper wings in flight. Though the concept is still in its ...

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We have pocket watches, pocket cameras and now — with smartphones — pocket computers. Origami microscope: Lines on the paper show you how to fold up and assemble the microscope. Bioengineer Manu ...

There should be memories that many people made "paper airplanes" when they were children. Some may have memories that had trial and error, such as adding an original arrangement to a normal folding ...

Using 54,000 feet of toilet paper and the 825-foot long " Infinite Corridor" at MIT as a workspace, students from a small boarding school in Massachusetts say they broke an unofficial record for ...

The myth: You can’t fold a paper in half more than eight times.* The reality: Given a paper large enough—and enough energy—you can fold it as many times as you want. The problem: If you fold it 103 ...