by Kathi Leiden | Apr 25, 2018 | Helium, Helium Uses
A brilliant new design for a disaster relief shelter uses a giant, load-bearing helium balloon to expand and collapse a foldable, portable skyscraper. The winners of eVolo Magazine’s 2018 Skyscraper Competition were apparently inspired by origami and helium...
by Kathi Leiden | Oct 6, 2017 | Helium, Helium Uses
Devastated and disconnected by Hurricane Maria, there’s a chance Puerto Rico might get some help from Google’s helium wi-fi balloons. Hurricane Maria leaves millions in the dark In essentially one shot across the U.S. territory, Hurricane Maria...
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 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...
