Interesting Links
Deployable Structures
Simon Guest's PhD work at CUED was on deployable structures. His website has some interesting information and paper models of structures you can download and make yourself.
Davide De Focatiis at the Department of Civil Engineering at Oxford University is researching deployable membrane structures. His website contains animations of two common structures.
deployables.net has some useful information on deployable structures and guides on how to make your own card models.