A humble concept from ancient Japanese design might remake the way supplies are dropped from the air. Polytechnique Montréal ...
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Kirigami-inspired parachute design promises pin-straight, low-cost descents every time
Gosselin explained that the parachute’s unique inverted bell shape is crucial to its performance. The kirigami cuts stretch ...
A team of researchers in France and Canada might have just improved upon humble parachutes by making lots of holes in them.
If you have a fear of heights and find yourself falling out of an airplane, you probably don’t want to look up to find your parachute full of holes. However, if the designer took inspiration from ...
When a conventional parachute is deployed, it cannot simply fall vertically towards its target. To protect itself from turbulence, which can cause its canopy to collapse, it glides at an angle that ...
Nothing useless can be truly beautiful, 19th-century textile designer William Morris once said. Now, a team of engineers at ...
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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 ...
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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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Polytechnique engineers design low-cost, robust Japanese kirigami-inspired parachute
Researchers at Polytechnique Montreal have created a parachute concept inspired by the Japanese art of kirigami, one that ...
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