A fleet of balloon robots has been launched to capture high-resolution aerial images of the US. Near Space Labs, a US-based startup, aims to use these stratospheric robots to monitor and assess ...

A surprising amount of technology is inspired by animals. Raptors packing Sidewinder missiles shoot down the occasional suspicious balloon. Scientists deploy robotic sloths to collect vital ecological ...

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The cool thing about balloon animals is that, using the same basic inflatable building blocks, a skilled person can create just about anything you could ask for. That same methodology is what’s at the ...