Origami

[threemonkeys]

Bought a new mouse for the computer I'm writing this on - the old mouse was misbehaving. The item works as you would expect, but what surprised me was the packaging. Apart from a tamper evident seal on the outside, the whole package contained no adhesives, no shrink wrap, no tape, no welds, no rubber bands. In fact no joining technology at all except for overlapping folds. Given that there were five items separately contained in the packaging (mouse, receiver, disk, battery, manual) and the packaging was a mixture of clear plastic and cardboard it was a really impressive and rather user friendly piece of invention. The manufacturer of this user friendly technology - Microsoft. Really.