Ah, now this is clever – Samsung have designed a trio of laser printer concepts, one of which could be partly made of cardboard. Recognised by the International Design Excellence Awards 2013, the ...

MIT robotics experts Ankur Mehta and Daniela Rus recently published a paper that describes a system for designing and building print-and-fold robots. That’s 2D printing, too, not 3D printing.

The oldest known origami text, the 1797 Hiden senbazuru origata (The Secret of Folding 1,000 Paper Cranes), introduced 49 crane designs. Today origami is found around the world and used for ...