A humble concept from ancient Japanese design might remake the way supplies are dropped from the air. Polytechnique Montréal ...

First, print the parachute template at the bottom of this story or draw a large square on a piece of newspaper. 1. Color your parachute. 2. Cut it out. 3. Tape a piece of string to each inside corner.

A team of engineers from Polytechnique Montréal report a new and unique parachute concept inspired by the Japanese art of ...

Nothing useless can be truly beautiful, 19th-century textile designer William Morris once said. Now, a team of engineers at ...

A team of researchers in France and Canada might have just improved upon humble parachutes by making lots of holes in them.

Researchers are using Kirigami technology to give a parachute different properties. The initial approaches are very promising ...

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 ...

Parachutes inspired by Japanese paper cutting unfurl automatically and fall more predictably than standard parachutes.

Researchers at Polytechnique Montreal have created a concept for a parachute inspired by the Japanese art of kirigami, one ...

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