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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...