First, print the parachute template at the bottom of this story or draw a large square on a piece of newspaper. 1. Color your parachute. 2. Cut it out. 3. Tape a piece of string to each inside corner.

A water bottle, dropped by a drone from an altitude of 60 meters, slowly descends using a parachute made from cut paper. Courtesy of Frederick Gosselin Scientists have successfully created a parachute ...

A team of engineers in Montréal has reinvented the parachute using kirigami, the ancient art of paper cutting. (CREDIT: Frédérick Gosselin) A humble concept from ancient Japanese design might remake ...