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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 have devised a shield capable of stopping bullets fired by handguns and revolvers, including a 9mm, a .357 Magnum and a .44 Magnum. The shield is collapsible and can be folded up like an ...

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 ...

It's foldable like origami, but it's as strong as Kevlar. A team of engineers from Brigham Young University successfully developed an ingenious new bulletproof shield inspired by origami but which can ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...