Swiss researchers developing blimp that can swim in air
Posted By: Anupam Jolly | Mar 24 2007
Innovations in Blimps are not common, but researchers at the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Testing and Research are developing a new type of blimp that can swim through air.
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The device has artificial muscles that expand and contract with a jolt of electricity. This allows the vehicle to wiggle its way through the air.
Till now researchers have only managed to keep it in air for a period of just 20 minutes at a time, but the researchers believe that once fully developed the blimp can be used for sending airships far up into the stratosphere as platforms for wireless communication.
Via: Engadget
