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Kirigami-inspired parachute design promises pin-straight, low-cost descents every time

Engineers in Montréal design a kirigami-cut parachute that stabilizes instantly, promising low-cost aid drops and future Mars ...
New Atlas

Parachutes with hundreds of holes could enable safer drone deliveries

A team of researchers in France and Canada might have just improved upon humble parachutes by making lots of holes in them.
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Kirigami parachute suitable for humanitarian missions unveiled

A team of engineers from Polytechnique Montréal reported today in Nature a new and unique parachute concept inspired by the ...