SoftBank will deploy high-altitude, helium-filled platforms over Japan next year to deliver coverage to remote and ...

In this paper, we report on a printable glass-based manufacturing method and a new proof-of-concept colorimetric signal readout scheme for a dielectric barrier discharge (DBD)-type helium plasma ...

But a California man who came to be known as “Lawnchair Larry” Walters really did attach 42 helium-filled weather balloons to a Sears lawn chair, take a seat and leave terra firma in 1982 ...

This is an issue in hard drives that pack in a lot of data since it can slow things down. Helium, though, is way less dense than air (about seven times less), so there’s a lot less resistance.

Producer Kevin McCollum’s musical is based on the true story of “Lawnchair Larry” Walters, a Vietnam veteran who attached balloons to a lawn chair to fly. It was written by theater newcomer J… ...