A humble concept from ancient Japanese design might remake the way supplies are dropped from the air. Polytechnique Montréal ...

Researchers are using Kirigami technology to give a parachute different properties. The initial approaches are very promising ...

If you have a fear of heights and find yourself falling out of an airplane, you probably don’t want to look up to find your parachute full of holes. However, if the designer took inspiration from ...

Kirigami is a Japanese art of folding and cutting paper to create three-dimensional designs ... cut into a pattern that unfolds into a parachute as it drops to the ground. "We were able to make a ...