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.

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- The afternoon sun peered through the steel monument at Franklin Park Conservatory and Botanical Gardens. Squinting into the light, I could detect hundreds of bird shapes that served ...

Today marks 101 years since the birth of Akira Yoshizawa, the grandmaster of origami. Google has marked the occassion with a special origami doodle – and we thought you might like to celebrate ...

Long before screens and styluses, entertainment came in the form of folded paper. One square. No cuts. No glue. Just folds. That’s all it took to create animals, flowers, boats, and birds that felt ...