Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a twist for CNET. When not wallowing in weird gear and iPad apps for cats, she can be found tinkering with her 1956 DeSoto.

Scientists out of Cornell University have created the world’s smallest origami bird that is smaller than the diameter of a piece of hair. The tiny bird folds itself using nanotechnology. The creators ...

Learn how to fold a simple origami bird resembling a swallow using basic folds like the shawl fold and water bomb fold. Perfect for beginners! Get a video at the bottom of the post showing all the ...

Researchers have created micron-sized shape memory actuators that enable atomically thin two-dimensional materials to fold themselves into 3D configurations. All they require is a quick jolt of ...