Over the weekend Google kicked off Project Loon, its experiment to work out whether it's possible to patch internet connectivity gaps around the world with a string of networked balloons. The project ...

The purpose of the project is to be used as a computing module in embedded devices, development projects, or educational settings as it creates an open hardware development board known as Balloon. The ...

WOODBURY, Minn.-- "So we're sending a near space balloon," explained Colleen Redmond, as casually as if her fourth graders at Gordon Bailey Elementary were building popsicle stick bridges. This ...

Sarah Cole, a balloon artist in Stark County, organized a project to deliver balloon arrangements to more then 1,000 seniors for Valentine's Day. The Blessing Balloon Project was funded by donations ...