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 ...

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 ...

A parachute devised using techniques from Japan's traditional paper art "kirigami," which produces 3D designs though cutting ...

A team of engineers in Montréal has reinvented the parachute using kirigami, the ancient art of paper cutting. (CREDIT: Frédérick Gosselin) A humble concept from ancient Japanese design might remake ...