The world is overwhelmed with plastic waste, a material that has the potential and need for reuse. In an undergraduate architecture studio, Pratt Institute students created large-scale inflatable ...

May 7, 2005 Inflatable structures (aka airbeams) have developed rapidly in recent times, finding application in a variety of new engineering projects ranging from military tents in Iraq and ...

An origami-inspired tent had to be flexible enough to inflate, but sturdy enough to withstand the elements. (Image courtesy of Benjamin Gorissen/David Melancon/Harvard SEAS) Applied mathematics ...

Airport infrastructure can take a very long time to build. Just ask the planners of Berlin’s new Brandenburg Airport, which has only just entered service after a decades-long building process plagued ...

The Pop Up Drop Off advocates for design activism and raises awareness of film plastic waste by using repurposed materials to make a lightweight inflatable structure. A colorful patchwork of recycled ...

objectives and technical challenges noted in NASA’s Human & Robotic Technology (H&RT) Project Formulation Plan. Reduced stowage volume (or increased packing efficiency), which can have a profound ...

Humans are finally on track to return to the Moon, and this time space agencies like NASA and the ESA are looking for ways to let humans stay there. Establishing a colony on the Moon could not only ...

Max Space says its inflatable architecture can be easily scaled to larger sizes. Credit: Max Space COLORADO SPRINGS—Startup Max Space has manifested an inflatable space station module on a SpaceX ...

Researchers have developed bi-stable inflatable structures inspired by origami. In 2016, an inflatable arch wreaked havoc at the Tour de France bicycle race when it deflated and collapsed on a cyclist ...

In 2016, an inflatable arch wreaked havoc at the Tour de France bicycle race when it deflated and collapsed on a cyclist, throwing him from his bike and delaying the race while officials scrambled to ...