Inspired by the Japanese art of kirigami, an MIT team has designed a technique that could transform flat panels into medical devices, habitats, and other objects without the use of tools.

The small Franklin County department was among the first in the country to begin using Code Four, software that generates police reports based on audio and video recorded by officers’ body cameras.

The chief of the Cloquet Police Department says the software will save his officers hours of work, but the plan has been ...