Category Archives: Structures

Yes… You Can Move A House With Balloons

Have you seen the movie ‘Up’? It’s an animated movie about an old man’s journey to South America in his flying house tied to helium balloons.

To see if it’s really possible to fly a house with helium balloons, The National Geographic Channel did an experiment for a new show titled “How Hard Can It Be?”. Using about 300 giant helium balloons to fly a small house weighing 2,000 lbs, up to 10,000 ft, for about an hour. The house is about 16 ft. by 16 ft. & 18 ft. tall, carrying 2 pilots.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TfwN4JIBKqk

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One of The Most Amazing Fountains in The World

This fountain is on the 30-acre manmade Buri Khalifa Lake, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. It is 902 ft long, shoots water as high as a 50-story building, has 25 colored projectors, illuminated by 6,600 lights & cost 218 million dollars to build.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jD69C0y6_J0