A helium-filled shell with a wind turbine in the middle, the Buoyant Air Turbine from Altaeros has already been tested to 500 feet off the ground in 45 mph winds. Now it's set to break the world record for the highest wind turbine in history.
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Looking to lessen your luggage and make sure you are rested enough to tackle days full of outdoor exploits is Utah-based start-up Aesent, whose flagship domed tent comes with an inflatable mattress built into its base.
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Cultured arachnid fans are in for a treat with a new artwork from Vienna-based collective Numen. String is a 3D grid of ropes suspended within a huge inflated cube. Users can enter the exhibit and clamber their way around its intricate mesh in a blank and disorientating environment.
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Need to pump up a ball, bike tire or whatnot, but don't feel like doing a lot of manual pumping? You could take the item up to your local gas station and use its compressor, but Airman is hoping that you'll use its Airgun instead.
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Dutch outfit Aquacrafts employs inflatable design to help cut down on some of the expenses associated with boating, offering a sailboat that's much easier to transport and store. The 3-in-1 boat can also float under man and motor power.
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The TIWAL 3.2 is an inflatable sailing dinghy that can be assembled or packed down into two bags in a little under 20 minutes. It's a high performance user-friendly sailing vessel that's ideal for families and leisure sailing, while also allowing expert sailors to sail in rough waters.
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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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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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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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