A humble concept from ancient Japanese design might remake the way supplies are dropped from the air. Polytechnique Montréal engineers designed parachutes based on kirigami—cutting paper into ...

Although humans inhabit a 3D world, much of our design practice is rooted in two dimensions. Paper, textiles, sheet metals, wood planks and plastic panels are all manufactured in two dimensions, and ...

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 ...

2:23 Montreal engineering students show off their innovations at science camp The innovative project, which earned the researchers an article in the science journal “Nature,” published this week, ...