Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a twist for CNET. When not wallowing in weird gear and iPad apps for cats, she can be found tinkering with her 1956 DeSoto.

Birds are invading ArtFields Artfest in Lake City, S.C. — Origami birds, that is. An installation art exhibit featuring more than 700 hand-folded origami cranes ranging in size of 2 inches to 2 feet ...