Montreal researchers design a low-cost kirigami parachute that is cheap, stable, and scalable, for use in drones, airdrops, and possibly space.

This green mesh parachute is unlike any that Westerners are used to: It is thin, flexible and can be folded back into a disk for reuse. Montreal researchers are testing its uses with small objects.

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 ...

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 ...

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