by Kathi Leiden | Mar 10, 2017 | Helium Science
You read that right. IBM scientists have managed to store one bit of data on a single atom. And they needed supercooled helium to do it. The smallest magnet on earth is invisible On Wednesday, IBM issued a press release and video, announcing that they had...
by Kathi Leiden | Feb 2, 2017 | Helium, Helium Uses
Like an airbag in your car, this helium bike helmet is a hidden device that cyclists wear around their neck, which inflates just before a crash. As CEO Fredrik Carling explains more about in the above video, the Hövding by Hövding is the world’s first airbag...
by Kathi Leiden | Jan 13, 2017 | Helium, Helium Science
MIT researchers have been doing some incredible experiments with ultra-light graphene, which some believe could replace helium in balloons. What is graphene? Basically, graphene is a tightly-packed lattice of carbon on an atomic scale. If you had the chance to...
by Kathi Leiden | Jan 3, 2017 | Helium, Helium Science
Engineers at UC San Diego are working to try to better forecast hurricanes by releasing swarms of sensor-laden helium balloons right into the storms. Life imitates art (Spoiler alert, but if you haven’t seen this movie by now then you can’t blame...
by Kathi Leiden | Dec 19, 2016 | Helium, Helium Science
We came across a video of a 60-foot-long helium balloon robot arm that you just have to see to believe. It is the real-life version of War of the Worlds. Remember this scene above from the 2005 remake of the 1953 classic? Tom Cruise and crew are hiding in the basement...
