CubeSats are certainly in the process of revolutionizing the satellite industry, although they're hampered by the limitations of their small onboard antennas. That may be about to change, though, as MIT is developing larger, inflatable antennas for use in the tiny spacecraft.
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The Hövding airbag collar that we first covered in 2010 when it was originally shown off to the world by its inventors, industrial designers Anna Haupt and Terese Alstin, has now officially gone on sale.
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Paddleboard company Coreban has teamed up with survival adventurer Bear Grylls in building an inflatable paddleboard tent that can take paddlers on deep, multi-day water trips.
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The <em>In Orbit</em> art installation by Tomás Saraceno is suspended 20 m (60 ft) above the piazza of the Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen gallery in Dusseldorf and aims to provide the public with the experience of weightlessness.
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The Solar Impulse team has deployed an inflatable mobile hangar for the first time to house the Solar Impulse for its stay in St. Louis as part of the solar-powered aircraft's 2013 Across America mission.
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Blowing into the large opening of the Windcatcher valve draws in surrounding air to inflate the Air Pad in just a few breaths.
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Hoverworks' AirRider hovercraft uses a hybrid hull and skirt design that combines the best of conventional hovercraft technologies.
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Swiss energy company Viteos has announced that it is to build three floating solar arrays on Lake Neuchâtel.
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The Heimplanet Wedge is the new younger brother of the inflatable Cave.
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The Mpowered Luci is a solar-powered lantern that deflates into a portable disc.
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