I think paper-folding machines are something of a lost art. They’ve been around for literally centuries at this point, but there are so many interesting and useful things that can be made out of paper. Everything from packaging to envelopes to origami.

I wish there were smaller, cheaper versions on the market.

Their auto aiming trash can video is very interesting https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0XYANRosVo

As a general rule, if you're given a price for something by a company that specializes in that thing, and you think you can do better, you're wrong.

The creator alludes to this when he says not to ask how long it took him to build the machine.

As a corollary to this rule, if you've estimated your costs to do a job, and a company says they can beat it, you should probably do the job yourself. I bought a 3/4 ton jointer four hours from my shop, got a quote to rent a lift gate truck and a quote from a moving company/rigger. They were about the same. There's no way they can pay someone for a minimum of eight hours of time, plus cover their truck and fuel costs for what it costs me to rent a truck. The delta on their truck costs can't possibly be enough to pay someone good for eight hours.

pretty cool. the first few minutes bored me, looked like a really standard industrial automation. then they got to the origami.