Engineers reinvent the parachute using Japanese paper-cutting art Kirigami

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

Kirigami parachute suitable for humanitarian missions stabilizes quickly and doesn't pitch

A team of engineers from Polytechnique Montréal report a new and unique parachute concept inspired by the Japanese art of ...

How Japanese paper cutting inspired Montreal researchers to engineer a new type of parachute

Nothing useless can be truly beautiful, 19th-century textile designer William Morris once said. Now, a team of engineers at ...
The Canadian Press on MSN

Polytechnique engineers design low-cost, Japanese kirigami-inspired parachute

Researchers at Polytechnique Montreal have created a concept for a parachute inspired by the Japanese art of kirigami, one ...