by Kathi Leiden | Apr 28, 2016 | Helium, Helium News
May 4, 2016 will make or break the balloon industry and I need you to take action, otherwise it will become a crime to sell foil balloons in California. UPDATE: The California balloon ban bill, AB 2709 has been postponed so that it can be studied for its fiscal...
by Kathi Leiden | Apr 21, 2016 | Helium, Helium Stunts
Artist Noëmi Lakmaier is going to spend two entire days of her life hanging in the sky, held up by nothing but helium balloons — 20,000 helium balloons. Hanging for days She’s calling her upcoming installation “Cherophobia,” which is the term for a psychological...
by Kathi Leiden | Apr 19, 2016 | Helium
It took guts to invent the first balloon animals—literally! The very first weren’t rubber, latex, or mylar, they were made of intestines! Long before Michael Faraday laid the groundwork for today’s modern versions back in 1824, balloons were commonly made...
by Kathi Leiden | Apr 15, 2016 | Helium, Helium Uses
Of all the things we’ve seen helium balloons used for, drawing is a new one. If you’ve never seen a balloon draw (and you haven’t), check this out. It looks like an old underwater mine from WW2, but it floats in air instead of water and its purpose...
by Kathi Leiden | Apr 13, 2016 | Helium, Helium Science, Helium Stunts, Helium Uses
Helium balloons can actually be used for a lot of wild purposes. We’ve put together the 15 craziest uses for helium balloons that we could find. 1. Recording alien sounds Part of a NASA-backed graduate student project, a high-altitude helium balloon was...
by Kathi Leiden | Apr 8, 2016 | Helium, Helium Science
Imagine a world where your pizza or package is slurped up and delivered to you by a big, flying helium drone. Or don’t — just watch it in action. Inspired by nature Festo is a worldwide company that spends its days trying to innovate and improve the...
by Kathi Leiden | Mar 24, 2016 | Helium, Helium Science
Of course, we’ve all heard what someone sounds like when they inhale helium, but why does helium make your voice sound funny in the first place? DISCLAIMER: We’ve said it many times and it’s especially relevant for this topic: You should never...
by Kathi Leiden | Mar 17, 2016 | Helium, Helium News, Helium Science
NASA has been working on a technology called a “super pressure balloon” that they plan to use to double the helium balloon flight duration world record. OK, it’s NASA. They’re obviously not out just to break records. Super pressure helium balloon program...
by Kathi Leiden | Mar 16, 2016 | Helium, Helium News
Imagine enjoying martinis and small plates at the bar, but that bar happens to be floating quietly over the Earth at the black edge of space. That’s some wild dream! Except it’s quite real, and for $75,000 you can reserve a bar stool for an upcoming...
by Kathi Leiden | Mar 11, 2016 | Helium, Helium Science
We all learn about helium as little kids, but where does it come from? How is helium made? We’ll explain the process in simple terms. Natural helium stores First off, helium is like gold in the sense that it cannot be “made” by humans. It can only be harvested,...
