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 ...

Law enforcement may soon have better protection, thanks to BYU engineers and the ancient Japanese art of paper folding. BYU engineers developed a portable shield used to create a safe line of cover ...

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 ...

Unless modern criminals are easily distracted by paper cranes, “life-saving” probably isn’t the first word you’d think to use to describe the ancient Japanese paper-folding art of origami. That may be ...

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 ...

SALT LAKE CITY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ATCS (Advanced Technology Compliant Solutions) today introduced a true step forward in ballistic protection with the Swift Shield. The patented design is based on ...

There's origami strewn everywhere in the Compliant Mechanisms Research Group's lab at Brigham Young University. The intricately folded designs aren't just for decoration, and they go way beyond the ...

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 ...

A new origami-inspired bulletproof shield prototype that can withstand shots fired from 9mm, .357 Magnum, and .44 Magnum pistols was created by a team of engineers from Brigham Young University (BYU).

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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 ...