Unsure about a new design? Scientists and engineers often start with a model. With a model, you can test new ideas on a small-scale before going bigger. They are also cheaper, easier to produce, and ...

“If you take a regular piece of paper and try to make it fly, it will flutter, tumble, flip around in the air and do all sorts of crazy motions,” said Leif Ristroph, an associate professor of ...

FUKUYAMA, Hiroshima Prefecture--Have sheet of paper, will fly. That simple philosophy reflects Takuo Toda’s obsession with making paper planes and seeing how long they stay up in the air. His ...

Do you have a need to know that you’re not alone in the world? A digital paper plane from a stranger might do the trick. The app makes use of a combination of WebSockets, WebGL, and WebWorkers, which ...