Bill Sampson

Are you an origami?

Thousands?

Really?

Yeah.

For fun?

Very impressive.

I can see how easy it is to get swept up in origami.

Since making my first crane with Toshiko, I've already taught my partner and my sister this satisfying skill.

And our final guest takes paper folding to the next level.

Oh my gosh, it's so detailed.

I mean, if I saw that in the distance, I might think it is a real rabbit or bunny.

This is Tomohiro Tachi.

He's a professor at the University of Tokyo and researches origami and geometry.

Over a video call, he's showing me a life-size, lifelike bunny that he folded from one piece of paper, with a little help from his invention, the Origamizer.

This bunny is amazing.

The way the ears are a little bit narrower at the base of the head and then they go out a bit and come in.

I mean, it's so impressive.

And on the surface, there are these little triangles.

OK, clever.

So you can put the information into your software about what you want to make and the software can kind of spit out a solution in a way.