Origami, the Japanese art of folding paper, doesn’t seem like it could help stop bullets. But mechanical engineers at Brigham Young University have developed a new ballistic shield design for law ...

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The ancient art of origami has been inspiring engineers and designers for decades. The principles behind this Japanese folding technique have been appropriated by everyone from solar array designers ...

Provo, Utah — (KUTV) Cutting, taping, and folding to make origami objects is not something you'd expect to find in a university engineering lab, but that's exactly what's happening at Brigham Young ...

Engineers with Brigham Young University have developed a new type of foldable bulletproof shield called the origami shield, and it aims to keep police officers safe from handgun bullets without being ...

BYU mechanical engineers have created an origami-inspired, lightweight bulletproof shield that can protect law enforcement from gunfire. The new ballistic barrier can be folded compactly when not in ...

Although the bulletproof shields used by police officers are definitely life-savers, the things are also quite heavy and bulky. The origami-inspired Swift Shield offers an alternative, as it folds ...

Washington, Feb 19 (PTI) Scientists have created an origami-inspired, lightweight bulletproof shield that can protect law enforcement officials from gunfire. The new barrier can be folded compactly ...

Engineers from Brigham Young University (BYU) have developed a foldable bulletproof kevlar shield that can be quickly set up in an emergency to protect law enforcement operatives from gunfire.

A team of engineers at Brigham Young University have built a futuristic shield for law enforcement that can stop handgun bullets. The shield borrows its shape from origami and is much lighter than ...