Gizmodo 
Enter your username and password.
-
more about #balloons rentahero1: 9 and... 1 red balloons, floating in the summer sky. Panic bells, it's red alert, there's something here from somewhere else... more » Giz-Guy: Although MIT's ability to accomplish this feat is certainly impressive, it is safe to say that nearly all of the teams involved expected the challenge... more » MePerson: I have to say, though, it does fulfill the goal of the project, since it's amazing how in a mere 9 hours, 10 red balloons can be located on a playing ... more » PurpleMonkeyDishwasher:: A more effective method that DARPA could have used to find the balloons quicker would be to claim that there was a boy inside each one of them. The ba... more » Curves: This is why I want to go to MIT when I grow up. more » tristan002: They should have made it against the rules to offer money in exchange for information... more » gabuzecs: I guess it's easier to catch a balloon when there isnt a kid inside... more » Kaiser-Machead: Why bother with a shark blimp? Flaming arrows to shoot at other blimps works so much better. #balloons more » toadstoolporridge: Turns out there may have been another box attached to the gondola on the bottom of the metal blimp. I'm scared that the little boy could be really hu... more » Jake712: Tremendously cool, if somewhat vomit inducing. more » invictus2006: makes me wish if man could only stop fighting over pathatic wars & think more about trying to reach for the stars :( oh well one can only dream. more » GitEmSteveDave_ My Brute Dojo Code CDIAFIFE: Any chance Red would let them borrow a cam now? THAT would be sweet. I also wonder if you could point the camera up or down, and make a cheap lens/m... more » trevisol: I'm getting this going with the science teachers at the middle school where I work. The one thing that they never mention in these articles is if they... more » Curves: I love that they named it Icarus. Very cool. more » richoncode: See a simulator for the Groovik's Cube here: [rhondabailey.com] more » IN THE FACE!: I'm going to venture to guess that it is an Art. more » JonathanATTY: @Dufus..They do. As you change the cube, the colors on the larger one change.. more » P3nnst8r: "Roads? Where we are going, we don't need roads." First thing i thought of. more » Rixon: Interesting how that car in the photo is not a Ford, but a Lincoln. more » Jrsy Devil's Advocate®: HAHAHAHA... GM needs a bailout while Ford blows 10 grand on Nerf cars... more » -
#darpa
DARPA's Balloon Challenge Over After Nine Hours
Someone at DARPA's crying over the brilliant "Find these ten red weather balloons and we'll give you 40K" challenge he concocted ending mere nine hours in. It's what happens when you forget about MIT geeks and their little bribes, too. More » -
#blimps
You Too Can Fly Away In a Your Very Own Blimp
You don't need crazy parents to fly away in the atmosphere and spark a massive police search. In fact, there's a whole subculture of backyard blimp crazies. More » -
#photography
New High-Def Home Video From The Edge of Space
This amazing video was shot by a Canon Vixio-HF camcorder attached to a hydrogen balloon launched by a small group of Edmonton radio enthusiasts on August 24. It's believed to be the first amateur video taken at 107,145 feet. More » -
#cars
Ford Uses Balloon Cars for Crash Testing
While Ford has been developing a new collision warning system, they've decided that there are cheaper, safer ways to the R&D than smashing endless piles of cars into one another. More » -
#art
Life-Size Inflatable Jumbo Jet Art Installation Just Wants To Be a Real Jet
Aleksandra Mir has parked her giant inflatable airliner in front of the Louvre and the Eiffel Tower, but recently in Zurich it had the chance to pull up to the gate like the big boys. More » -
