Papier Machine Vol.0 brings paper to life, with pages that become interactive electronic toys

Modern electronics can be a hidden world of closed boxes. You might reasonably read a book to see how everything works, but Papier Machine Vol.0 (€45) suggests something better. Its colourful, beautifully designed pages can be transformed – by way of cutting, folding, assembling and scribbling – into six interactive experiments that utilise conductive ink. This initial volume concentrates on sound, and includes a ghost mask that whistles when you blow on it, and a graphite piano tuned by pencil marks. With this and Nintendo Labo doing the rounds, it’s surely only a matter of time before Stuff reports on a fully functional PC you can construct from pre-printed sheets, a shoebox, two AA batteries, and a biro.

Craig Grannell Contributor

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I’m a regular contributor to Stuff magazine and Stuff.tv, covering apps, games, Apple kit, Android, Lego, retro gaming and other interesting oddities. I also pen opinion pieces when the editor lets me, getting all serious about accessibility and predicting when sentient AI smart cookware will take over the world, in a terrifying mix of Bake Off and Terminator.

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Mobile apps and games, Macs, iOS and tvOS devices, Android, retro games, crowdfunding, design, how to fight off an enraged smart saucepan with a massive stick.