Little Pieces of Paper March 25th, 2002 @ 12:08 pm PDT
from a review of “The Social Life of Paper” On a busy day, a typical air-traffic controller might be in charge of as many as twenty-five airplanes at a time – some ascending, some descending, each at a different altitude and travelling at a different speed. He peers at a large, monochromatic radar console, tracking […]
Origami Phone March 9th, 2001 @ 11:47 am PDT
New Origami Trick: Turn Paper Into a Functional Phone “I recently held a working prototype of the new phone–about the size of a credit card–and listened to the ringing at the other end, marveling at the quality of the audio transmitted through the combination earpiece and microphone. And when my call was done, I unwrapped […]
