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Solar Blimp to Cross English Channel
While I’m preparing for a workshop where we’ll build some solar hot-air balloons, a very different solar aerostat, running of photovoltaics, is set to cross ...
Balloons, YES!
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No/Low Tech Magazine
Kris de Decker produces some of the most insightful and well-researched articles on technology anywhere on the internet. He has a simple premise- novel “hig...
See the Mutoscope Tonight (and RC Blimps!)
Should’ve posted this on Monday. I’ll be at the Make NYC event tonight in Manhattan with my mutoscope, fully loaded with Fernando Renes latest animation. T...
Airship Profile Simulator
over at AirshipWorld, Andreas has created a new version of his airship profile simulator. It’s only good for rotationally symetrical pressurized envelopes (...