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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

When developing new technology, rarely is having it explode a good thing. Unless you’re demonstrating that an inflatable habitat is capable of surviving environments beyond the extremes of space. As ...

Future Moon dwellings could end up looking a bit like our terrestrial camping sites: Lunar residents may carry an inflatable structure with them and blow it up when they get there. These have a major ...

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 ...

A vision of a future moon settlement is assembled from semi-buried inflatable habitats. Sited beside the lunar poles in regions of near-perpetual solar illumination, mirrors positioned above each ...

Hawaii’s newest idea to reduce homelessness by quickly inflating portable structures to triage homeless people’s issues went up to applause on the lawn next to the Honolulu Police Department Wednesday ...

Humans are going back to the Moon and this time they’re seeking to stay. NASA’s Artemis program promotes a sustainable vision of people living on and around the lunar surface, prompting some truly ...