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Eco Factor: Self-sustainable blimp for military uses harvests solar energy for propulsion. DARPA is working on a high-altitude reconnaissance and surveillance platform dubbed the Integrated Sensor Is the Structure (ISIS) that will be able to hover.  

ARTICLE: Military seeks an intelligence-gathering airship, By Walter Pincus, Washington Post, February 16, 2010 How very SysAdmin: the ability to project persistent transparency over a chunk of the Gap using 21st-century "blimps." Another step in the evolution of the force toward the enduring realities of Gap shrinkage.  

Here's a peek at the career of music's hip-hop queen. (CBS) Nine-time Grammy award-winning singer-songwriter Mary J. Blige appeared on "The Early Show" plaza Friday morning, to celebrate spring's imminent arrival. Blige, a New York native, said she ...  

"Final Fantasy XIII" sacrificed some of the free roaming that its predecessors enjoyed, but Square Enix will restore a little of that freedom in "Final Fantasy Versus XIII." Asked how far along his game was coming, director Tetsuya Nomura described its status in terms of world maps and airships, which may not say a whole [...]  

Local producer Matthew Hiscock has recently released his third EP. Two wicked tracks from this producer and not only that they're also free. So head over to Matthew's Soundcloud and start your downloading because these tracks are not to ...  

London, March 18 (ANI): A lost audio of Led Zeppelin’s concert that took place alongside a swimming pool has been discovered. Vic Kemp found the CDs of the bands’ 1971 show at St. Matthews Baths Hall at a car park sale of second hand items in Ipswich. “The guy who was selling them (CDs) said, ‘You [...]  

There are no demon sheep in this advertisement; nor derisive comparisons of Barack Obama to Paris Hilton. But the quirky political ad man who produced those two cult classics has introduced another memorable spot. This one, an eight-minute opus casting Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Cali.) as some sort of self-obsessed, Orwellian, hot air-balloon creature, floating maliciously through the skies of California. The mind behind the madness is Fred Davis...  

Given the growing popularity of mobile devices and the great many applications to go with them, you would think that this new niche had plenty of room for newcomers. Many of those newcomers, though, will find it difficult to capture a great deal of consumer attention. Places like the Android Market and the Apple App Store are popular and growing fast, but they're awash in apps that struggle to stand out from the crowd.  

Ever since I was a little boy I've wanted a Zeppelin of my very own. Sadly, this new Zeppelin from Motorola is just a smartphone, and not the intercontinental airship of my dreams. Still, mid-range smartphones can be fun. TmoNews reports that Mobile.cz cam...  

Airship Ventures, Inc., is proud to announce the launch of the Farmers Insurance Airship. The Farmers Insurance Group is the latest branding partner to appear on the Zeppelin Eureka, which will be known as the Farmers Insurance Airship, or Farmers Airship, for the duration of the partnership. This new look heralds a new era, as the Farmers Airship will be the first Zeppelin to broadcast live HD footage for a U.S. sporting event, and the first...  

Blimp wristed? Review  Bowers & Wilkins' Zeppelin is undoubtedly the world's most iconic iPod speaker. Every one of its rivals, from the high end of the market downward, looks pretty much how you'd expect an iPod speaker to look. Not so the elongated ovoid that is the Zeppelin.…  

Midget Dirigible Tests Novel AIRSHIP GIRDERS BUILT as a test ship to try out new features of airship design, the baby blimp Puritan embodies many new ideas in construction which will be used on giant Zeppelins of the future. The Puritan, photographs of which are shown above, is the first dirigible constructed by the Goodyear-Zeppelin Corporation [...]  

If the idea of drifting leisurely over the Atlantic on a 37-hour journey between New York and London with access to a luxury sleeping cabin and a bar with the best view on (or, technically, above) Earth appeals to you, you'll like this: The hydrogen airship has been re-imagined as an eco-vehicle. This is a dreamy concept from designers Seymourpowell that's intended to whisk 100 passengers across the Atlantic with a whiff of the same sort of...  

MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. - Unveiling a new look over the weekend, Airship Ventures is sending hearts soaring above Los Angeles. The world’s largest airship, Eureka, shows she too loves L.A. with a giant valentine in the shape of a heart on her hull. Towering over three-stories tall, this  

Every startup has a defining moment from its early days. Its first big customer. Its first outside funding round. Its first big change in strategy or revenue model. For Urban Airship, I would say it was its first big developers conference. And the company didn’t even make it in the door. You might think the Portland, [...]