Nanokirigami has taken off as a field of research in the last few years; the approach is based on the ancient arts of origami (making 3-D shapes by folding paper) and kirigami (which allows cutting as ...

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 ...

A new image sensor designed using the principles of kirigami patterns could lead to better images from cameras and endoscopes. Developed at the University of Houston and described in Nature ...

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 ...

Researchers have demonstrated how kirigami-inspired techniques allow them to design thin sheets of material that automatically reconfigure into new two-dimensional (2D) shapes and three-dimensional ...