Unmanned aerial system and
tethered balloon system measurements have supplemented ARM Mobile Facility data to help improve understanding of atmospheric processes in the Arctic.
Enter the
Obalon balloon system, a new treatment that involves swallowing balloon - filled capsules to curb overeating.
Google notes that various types
of balloon systems may be incorporated in an example balloon network.
Over the past three years, ARM has managed field campaigns using unmanned aerial systems (UAS) and
tethered balloon systems (TBS) at Oliktok Point in northern Alaska, where the U.S. Department of Energy controls restricted airspace supporting such efforts.
To that end, ARM has launched the Inaugural Campaigns for ARM Research using Unmanned Systems, or ICARUS, an internal initiative at the third ARM Mobile Facility at Oliktok Point, Alaska, that is collecting spatial information about the rapidly changing arctic environment using unmanned aerial systems (UAS) and tethered
balloon systems (TBS) in conjunction with ground - based instruments.
Beginning routine collection of spatial information using unmanned aerial systems and tethered balloon systems
The US FDA recently approved
a balloon system to help people lose weight.
I hope the two
balloon system isn't an attempt to stall single meteor finishers or something, but I suppose it's easily defeated by a multi-hitting N - air or something.
As a result, the ARM Facility is expanding its use of UAS, including unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) and tethered
balloon systems (TBS).