by Kathi Leiden | Nov 13, 2015 | Helium, Helium Uses
From flying Camaros to perfectly choreographed floating orb displays, a company in Germany is doing otherworldly things with helium and propellers. Think you’ve seen it all? Think again. You will never forget the moment you’re standing at an auto show and...
by Kathi Leiden | Nov 10, 2015 | Helium, Helium Uses
A few weeks ago, China quietly launched a solar-powered, near-space helium airship that can cruise at a height of 12 miles for as long as six months. “Yuanmeng” is the name of the enormous helium airship, whose bright silver skin resembles a giant floating sweet...
by Kathi Leiden | Nov 6, 2015 | Helium, Helium Uses
As the wind industry races to build taller turbines to reach stronger winds, a new helium wind turbine could not only win that race, but render it obsolete. Higher wind, higher power Here’s the deal with wind energy: The winds that blow a thousand or more feet...
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 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...
