A team of researchers in France and Canada might have just improved upon humble parachutes by making lots of holes in them.
A humble concept from ancient Japanese design might remake the way supplies are dropped from the air. Polytechnique Montréal ...
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 ...
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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 ...
Nothing useless can be truly beautiful, 19th-century textile designer William Morris once said. Now, a team of engineers at ...
A West Texas woman saw something unusual on a recent morning, a massive parachute drifting slowly across the sky ...
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