I was really excited about Jie Qi’s work self-folding paper. The project was two paper that responsive with each other. When one is folding or flipping over the red paper, the white paper would do the exact same thing. Jie Qi was using microcontroller and certain circuity on the red paper, and shape memory alloy on the white paper. Although I’ve heard before this technology was applied in different materials like fabrics, I didn’t really realize this could also be a wonderful teaching tool if it is used on materials like paper. And it could also be not only for little kids, but also for grown-ups. This could be utilized in art school, engineering school, or even medical school. Besides, the circuit of this folding paper seems very simple.

Below is the documentation video of this project:

I really think the Input/output self-folding paper shows the huge possibility for us as designers using the shape memory alloy.