There have been remote-controlled flying machines for use indoors that utilize mylar balloons for hobbyists for years. Typically these balloons utilize helium to float and battery-powered propellers ...

As handy as multicopter drones are, the endlessly spinning blades are noisy, energy-intensive and potentially dangerous. Balloons could be a good alternative to do at least a few jobs other drones can ...

This involves metamaterial plates or 3D hollow geometries (e.g., cones, spheres, or rocket shapes) with porous sidewalls that act as Knudsen pumps: light (typically sunlight) is absorbed on one side, ...

A middle school class learns how to use a Scientific Balloon Solutions pico balloon. Credit: Scientific Balloon Solutions A small, globe-trotting balloon declared “missing in action” by an ...