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 ...
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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 ...