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 ...

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Constance Andrews is a living reminder that age is a state of mind. The 98-year-old former Eldred Township teacher practices the art of Scherenschnitte, also known as paper cutting. But that falls far ...

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The Kovels were surprised French’s paper cutting art was at auction, when artwork from the 1800s is more popular. Scherenschnitte is a paper cutting art form. It was known to the ancient Chinese and ...

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A metamaterial inspired by kirigami, the Japanese art of paper cutting, can support nearly 3000 times its own weight. Metamaterials have structures not found in nature, which can give them unusual ...

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 ...

Polytechnique Montréal engineers designed parachutes based on kirigami—cutting paper into intricate patterns—that can automatically adapt in mid-air. The design has the potential to make air ...