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

making parachutes more accurate by cutting them. Inspired by kirigami (the Japanese art of paper cutting) they’ve created lightweight, cheap parachutes that fall with remarkable precision. The ...

It's time to learn how to make a proper parachute, it's one of the easiest projects of all times, cheap as well. So we will drop it from a drone because it's big, normally I will throw it myself, but ...

Polytechnique Montréal engineers designed parachutes based on kirigami—cutting paper into intricate patterns—that can automatically adapt in mid-air. The design has the potential to make air ...