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 ...
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 ...
Frédérick Gosselin, professor at Polytechnique Montréal’s demonstrates the elasticity of a parachute in Montreal on Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2025. A project led by professors David Mélançon and Frédérick ...