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Source: wired.com By Spencer Ackerman And so ends the U.S. military’s dream of mega-blimps strapped with powerful surveillance gear. The Army confirms to Danger Room that it’s killed the last of those lighter-than-air ships.

Source: designtaxi.com By Dorothy Tan While this flying balloon house is a more precise recreation of the one in Disney Pixar’s “Up”, you may feel safer traveling in this professionally made hot air balloon.

Source: Reuters.com By Jim Wolf WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A pair of big, blimp-like craft, moored to the ground and flying as high as 10,000 feet, are to be added to a high-tech shield designed to protect the Washington D.C. area … Continue reading →

Source: smartplanet.com By Bryan Pirolli For Parisians wondering if it’s a good day for a jog or a bike across the city, soon they’ll only need look up to learn how clean the air is.

Source: toledoblade.com BY Jon Chavez – Blade Business Writer Three years ago the inventor of an experimental airship designed to haul cargo moved his fledgling company from northeast Ohio to the Toledo area in hopes of elevating his unusual business … Continue reading →