A new form of robot unveiled this week could power daring search-and-rescue missions…by curling up at the first sign of heat. The “active kirigami” robots, developed by a team at North Carolina State ...

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 ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Like a yoga novice, electronic components don’t stretch easily. But that’s changing thanks to a variation of origami that involves cutting folded pieces of paper. In a study published ...

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 ...

Solar panels are often installed on rooftops at a fixed angle. Unfortunately, this prevents them from capturing optimal energy from the sun at certain times of the day. Although sun-tracking solar ...

Kirigami is a variation of origami. A art form that involves cutting paper and assembling the pieces to create a figure or picture. Haruki takes the art form to a new level and showcases his work on ...

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 ...

A centuries-old Japanese art form could give rise to next-generation manufacturing methods, like cork as strong as steel. By Andrew Paul Published Aug 23, 2023 12:00 PM EDT Get the Popular Science ...

The ancient Japanese art of kirigami, or paper cutting, has been used by researchers in the US to improve the efficiency of solar-panel tracking systems. The researchers cut a pattern in thin-film ...

Grippy sneakers can mean the difference between a swift pivot shot and a sloppy turnover. Thanks to a team of material scientists from the U.S., Canada and Switzerland, nailing that shot could be ...

Most robotic grippers work by applying pressure to an object from either side – it's an approach which could damage delicate items. A new gripper gets around that problem, however, thanks to an ...