The Italian company Dainese has introduced an innovative technology that might save motorcyclists’ lives. The new technology is implemented in the form of an inflatable airbag suit, named D-Air. It is activated upon impact, and could reduce the shock absorbed ...

NASA and the National Science Foundation (NSF) are about to test an inflatable habitat in Antarctica starting January 2008. Its new architecture is supposedly strong enough to withstand the conditions on the moon; to test that, Antarctica’s frigid, harsh, isolated ...

Genesis II – a second prototype inflatable space module was launched on, June 28th, 2007 atop of a Russian Dnepr missile. Genesis II is another milestone in the commercialization of space, and brings us a step closer to realizing the ...

The launch in mid-July of the first inflatable space habitat marked another milestone in the commercialization of space, and a step closer to the dream of a space hotel to be realized next decade. This article will review the origins ...