This robot paper plane designer (really a robot arm fashioned with silicone grippers) can run through this whole process without human feedback. [Related: How to make the world’s best paper ...

British engineer and inventor Sir George Cayley—sometimes called the "father of aviation"—studied the gliding performance of paper airplanes to design a glider capable of carrying a human.

I wouldn’t recommend that to anyone!” she laughs. The AFI-winning actress, however, only recently learnt how to make a proper paper plane — on Balibo director Robert Connolly’s first ...