A brilliant new design for a disaster relief shelter uses a giant, load-bearing helium balloon to expand and collapse a foldable, portable skyscraper.
Helium storage is the future
What’s helium storage? Simply put, it’s a kind of hard drive for your computer that uses helium. First it was experimental, now it’s taking off.
Can helium-filled tires let you drive on water?
A man with helium-filled tires drove onto the Ohio River last week. But – will tires filled with helium let you drive on water?
Helium weather balloons to live stream rare solar eclipse
In two months, helium weather balloons will live stream an event we haven’t seen in nearly a century: A solar eclipse across the United States.
Helium imaging used to measure cystic fibrosis treatment
A new technique developed by Talissa Altes, MD uses helium imaging to see how the treatment for cystic fibrosis is working in different patients.
Supercooled helium helps make world’s tiniest hard drive—one atom
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.
Helium bike helmet: Invisible protection in a crash
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.
Could lighter-than-air graphene replace helium in balloons?
MIT researchers have been doing some incredible experiments with ultra-light graphene, which some believe could replace helium in balloons.
Sensor-laden helium balloons designed to travel in hurricanes
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.
Helium balloon robot arm is straight out of the movies
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.