Self-sustaining Blimp Is Solar Powered
While it doesn’t look like we’ll have one of these in our backyard anytime soon, that solar-powered blimp is still something worth dreaming about. that is really a high-altitude reconnaissance and surveillance platform dubbed the Integrated Sensor Is the Structure (ISIS). It is capable adequate to hover by the horizon near clash zones, feeding real-time radar details to troops and smart weapons. It’s fully automated, and is designed to fly automatically to any point on the planet within 10 days. When hovering at the height by six miles, it’s safe from most ground-based attacks, which is vital whether you want to keep it floating in the air.
The blimp is designed to be self-sustaining, thanks to its ability to harvest solar energy to split water into hydrogen and oxygen, which can next be combined in a fuel cell to generate the essential electrical energy. It’s estimated that the blimp will be able to take flight around 2014. Unfortunately there isn’t any estimated instance as to when we’ll be able to buy one of these personally.Permalink: Self-sustaining Blimp Is Solar Powered from Ubergizmo | RSS Sponsor: Win a Fellowes Microshred Paper Shredder!
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