Scientific balloons have proven to be one of the more useful tools that NASA employs to collect data on Earth's high altitudes, weather patterns, and our universe. Established over 30 years ago, ...

Some people like to get high on a Wednesday afternoon. [Kevin Hubbard] of Black Mesa Labs likes to get really high. Even higher than intended: last month, he flew a helium balloon powered by a ...

I bet you want to know what cool things you can do with a tiny and inexpensive Raspberry Pi. For starters, you can send your Pi into the sky to capture images of earth from above. Last week, Dave ...

The Raspberry Pi credit card-sized computer could claim the Guinness World Record for the highest altitude pictures ever transmitted from a mounted vehicle. Last month, IBTimes UK reported on the Pi ...

Using a Raspberry Pi Zero and camera, images have been captured from 100,000 feet above the earth thanks to the Horus High Altitude Balloon project. Check out the videos below to learn more about the ...

Raspberry Pi enthusiasts that are interested in sending the mini PC up to the edge of our atmosphere might be interested in a new high altitude ballooning record which has been set by Dave Akerman.

According to AREG.org, Project Horus made this experiment possible through the DVB-payload. For the past 12 months, Peter VK5KX and Mark VJ5QI have collaborated to finish the said project. Using the ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

A Raspberry Pi computer has boldly gone where no other Pi has gone before. High-altitude ballooning enthusiast Dave Akerman tethered one, complete with a webcam to photograph its progress, to a helium ...