As far as plant names go, the sleepy plant—or shy plant, or shameplant, known more formally as Mimosa pudica—is hard to beat. Touch one of its leaves and it curls up like it’s embarrassed, the ...

This new programmable paper robot is still on Kickstarter, but has all elements in place to make it to market. The Kamibot, is a round-ish robot with customizable paper skins that teaches kids to code ...

Thanks to the ancient art of paper folding, a little scientific ingenuity, and a whole mess of Shrinky Dinks, researchers have designed flat paper robots that can fold themselves into 3-D shapes and ...