UAV’s, or Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, tend to face two issues – not being able to stay on station for long periods, and carrying enough of a payload to be useful. Nevada outfit Airship Manufac... Read more
The graphene blocks produced were lighter than air, able to support over 50,000 times their own weight, good conductors of electricity and highly elastic Scientists have taken inspiration fr... Read more
With these two major contracts in their pocket it looks as if the era of the airship has finally come, again The famous and well documented Hindenburg disaster of 1937, when the hydrogen-fil... Read more
Despite its incredibly low density, aerogel is one of the most powerful materials on the planet. It can support thousands of times its own weight, block out intense heat, cold and sound – ye... Read more
A new type of balloon may make delivering people and provisions to inaccessible places easier TRANSPORTING large, clunky bits of equipment has always posed a challenge. Roads and railways do... Read more
Image via Wikipedia THE conversation started over lunch in a pub across the street from London’s Waterloo Station in the 1960s. The proposal, sketched out on the proverbial paper napkin, was... Read more
Not so long ago it seemed that the golden age of giant lumbering airships had gone down with the Hindenberg, consigned to less spectacular roles in research, advertising and as a great camer... Read more