If you're trying to keep up-to-date with the next generation of electronics, specialized websites might be the wrong place to look for ideas. Artists behind DIY projects, such as Kano and the Synth Kit, envision a future where anyone can build their own devices, and with little resources. After all, we live in the age of consumer consciousness and maker faires.

Coralie Gourguechon is a Toulouse-based designer who creates simplistic, yet clever, paper electronics. Her latest project is a speaker made from a single sheet of paper, conductive ink circuits, and with all components - battery, radio antenna and cables - exposed to view. To switch it on, users simply have to pop out the sound cone, and to turn it off, to lay it flat again.

However, the speaker won't go on sale any time soon, since Gourguechon's motive is not a commercial one. Instead, by taking away much of the complexity around building electronics, she views her work as ”an educational tool that should be intelligible and attractive.”