his name is brian chan. he's at m.i.t. and productions followed him for a day. this is incredible.able to create facial features by folding this sheet of paper. >> well, this day that they followed him, he made a mantis. >> i forget the rules. can you cut it? tear it? glue it? it boggles my mind. i don't want to believe that all it is is folds. >> when he starts, it's not just creating lines, he even gets high tech with this. >> oh, sew has created a computer program that shows him exactly where he needs to make these folds. >> i don't know if he created it, but he is able to look at this graphic, figure out where he needs to fold and what lines he needs to follow. >> this is where m.i.t. comes in. >> this is the pattern of the mantis. it has two sets of wings. that's the tail. >> i don't think this is how they did it in, like, the sixth century. >> i made you a teradactyl. >> let me see how it flies. ooh. >> so he's using a little bit of glue. >> i think he's painting it. >> he's not painting it. he wants to make sure it sticks together. and that is his mantis. >>> little tiny peo