These kirigami shoe grippers could help you keep your footing — Future Blink

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These kirigami shoe grippers could help you keep your footing — Future Blink
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Researchers at Harvard and MIT utilized kirigami, the Japanese art of paper cutting and were inspired by snake skins in their process of creating the grippers.


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