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Stories about: airship

The Airship of the Future: Like a Surfboard Old technologies come with solutions for the future. The airship of the future looks like a dirigible and has 5,000 square ft (560 square m) of living and/or cargo space. "The planned Aeroscraft ML866 is much more than an advertising blimp or one of those huge passenger dirigibles of the 1930s," said Edward Pevzner, ... 15 August 2007 03:08 GMT A New Fish-Like Airship A Swiss team has created a new model of blimp that swims through the air like a fish. The fish-mimicking airship employs artificial muscles fabricated from electroactive polymers (EAPs) to move itself forward. The unique silent non-rigid airship employs its artificial muscles to power through the air like a tuna swim... 31 March 2007 03:46 GMT