by Kathi Leiden | Oct 23, 2015 | Helium, Helium Uses
Forget solar panels. Inventor Joseph Cory has designed a way to grab energy right out of the sky using solar helium balloons and a helium tank. Cory is a multi-award winning architect and founder of Geotectura, which focuses on solving environmental and social...
by Kathi Leiden | Sep 30, 2015 | Helium, Helium Science, Helium Uses
We may have just found water on Mars, but will that be the planet we go to? NASA has wild plans for exploring Venus using a manned helium airship. Closer, warmer neighbor Our nearest neighbor, Venus, is about 25 million miles away from Earth compared to Mars at 34...
by Kathi Leiden | Sep 29, 2015 | Helium, Helium Stunts, Helium Uses
We’re saying it: This is perhaps the most beautiful helium balloon art in the history of the world. Bruno Ribeiro (also known as Nohist) is an audiovisual artist who has spent his last six years creating new, almost hallucinogenic artworks that might just be...
by Kathi Leiden | Sep 23, 2015 | Helium, Helium Uses
Netflix processes over a billion streaming hours per month to 48 million viewers. To keep those videos playing, they’ve put their trust in helium HDDs. To be able to instantly watch a movie or television show out of thin air, whenever we feel like it, and on any...
by Kathi Leiden | Sep 22, 2015 | Helium, Helium Science, Helium Uses
You know we are advocates against inhaling helium, but in a controlled medical environment, inhaling helium can actually help detect early lung damage. Let’s get this out of the way first: Do not ever inhale helium. We know, no one has ever told you this, but...
by Kathi Leiden | Sep 21, 2015 | Helium, Helium Stunts, Helium Uses
It’s not the animated movie. This is a real house – the largest object ever lifted with helium balloons. Check out these 13 incredible helium world records. 1. Largest object ever lifted by helium balloons (2011) In the video above, you can see the preparation...
by Kathi Leiden | Sep 15, 2015 | Helium Uses
Want to know how to make a foil balloon arch? This is the easiest instruction on the web. Build a foil balloon arch in under 30 minutes – no helium needed! Of course if you do need helium for your stores, you can always get a free quote from us. Inside the foil...
by Kathi Leiden | Sep 11, 2015 | Helium, Helium News, Helium Science, Helium Uses
Imagine, something the size of a pea worth $5 million. That’s the value of helium-3 and while it’s rare on Earth, the moon is full of it. Why do you care? Need regular helium gas? Just mine our warehouses! Get a free Zephyr helium quote here. What is...
by Kathi Leiden | Sep 10, 2015 | Helium, Helium Stunts
Two young girls from Seattle are making headlines after sending a toy and a picture of their cat into the stratosphere under a helium weather balloon. Kimberly, 8, and Rebecca, 10, started out by sketching their designs at the kitchen table. They ordered a helium...
by Kathi Leiden | Sep 9, 2015 | Helium, Helium Science, Helium Uses
Astronomers are using helium-filled hard drives to capture the first-ever image of a supermassive black hole – a feat that proved impossible with regular drives. Mapping an image of a black hole At the top of Sierra Negra in Mexico, a mere 15,000 feet above sea level,...
