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  • Passing Cloud - A New Airship Design by Tiago Barros

    • 18 Jan 2012
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    • Balloons Futuristic January 18 2012 Transportation Visionary
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    "This project envisions a distinct approach towards moving around the United States being also a revival of the act of traveling. Why traveling at high speed? Why having the final destiny always defined? And why always departing and arriving on a tight schedule? Nowadays, everything is set and everyone is always running around. It is time to reconsider the act of traveling and start enjoying it accordingly.

    The Passing Cloud is an innovative and environmentally friendly method of transportation that doesn’t require expensive steel tracks or concrete highways. It is made of a series of spherical balloons that form the shape of a cloud. Its inner stainless steel structure is covered with heavy weight tensile nylon fabric. During the journey, it moves according to prevailing winds speed and direction at the time of travel. Since it moves with the wind, no wind is ever felt during the trip, offering the passengers a full “floating sensation”."

    via cargocollective.com

     

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  • Imagine a place...at the edge of our world

    • 26 Aug 2011
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    "We live in a globalized world. How often do we have the chance to see it as a globe? Imagine a place where creation becomes real. Imagine a place where our atmosphere begins to end. Imagine a place where you can see the black starry sky in daylight. Imagine a place where borders do not really exist. zero2infinity's bloon will take you there."
    via inbloon.com


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  • Up, Up and Away !

    • 8 Mar 2011
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    "How hard can it be to lift a house with helium balloons? A National Geographic team of scientists, engineers, and balloon pilots has demonstrated how to achieve such a feat, which was filmed for a new TV series called “How Hard Can It Be?” They conclude that, although it’s very difficult, it’s not impossible.  

    It took the team about two weeks to plan, build, and lift the house into the air using balloons. They needed about 300 weather balloons, each of which inflated to a height of 8 feet, in order to lift the 2,000-pound, 16x16-foot yellow house. Lifting off early in the morning outside of Los Angeles, the house floated for about an hour and reached an altitude of 10,000 feet."

    via physorg.com

     

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