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

Montreal researchers design a low-cost kirigami parachute that is cheap, stable, and scalable, for use in drones, airdrops, and possibly space.

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 Polytechnique Montréal have demonstrated the inverse of Morris’s famous ...

RCMP rolling out new navy blue uniform shirt design to P.E.I. officers over the next week

RCMP officers on Prince Edward Island will soon begin sporting new navy blue shirts as part of the police agency's pilot project to modernize its uniforms.

From beadwork to cooking: How Indigenous traditions are shaping reconciliation on P.E.I.

At UPEI and across the province, Indigenous traditions like beadwork, cooking and community gatherings are helping to strengthen culture, foster healing and shape reconciliation a decade after the ...