Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A team of engineers in Montréal has reinvented the parachute using kirigami, the ancient art of paper cutting. (CREDIT: Frédérick ...

MONTREAL — Researchers at Polytechnique Montreal have created a concept for a parachute inspired by the Japanese art of kirigami, one that engineers hope could be used in everything from humanitarian ...

TOKYO -- A parachute devised using techniques from Japan's traditional paper art "kirigami," which produces 3D designs though cutting and folding, could be utilized in humanitarian airdrops. A ...

It may be laser-cut in a few minutes—or punched out by a die-cutting press for production in quantity. The parachute is attached to its payload by one suspension line, preventing tangling and ...