A Teensy runs the show, and controls a pair of sail winch servos pulling the brake lines [Yohan]’s first challenge was to create a steerable parachute that can deploy reliably, so he started ...

Not true for Boris Popov. In 1975, he fell 400 feet after losing control of a hang glider, cursing his lack of a whole-airplane parachute all the way down. He survived the impact with a Minnesota ...