Tag: balloons

Balloons are popular when it comes to imagining the science future. Canadian company Hydrostor came up with a way to store compressed air in balloons underwater that can be used to create electricity when needed. From a Hydrostor press release: "The…

An electro-chemist with the Japanese-French laboratory NextPV is studying the idea of putting solar cells on balloons and floating them high in the sky. This would make the solar cells "five times more abundant than on the ground." New Orleans is…