The MRI machine uses liquid helium to cool its powerful magnets ... Unless you spend a lot of time blowing up balloon animals, this probably won’t affect you. Still, we thought it was an ...

While helium might be known for balloons, it has a wide range of uses, including in technology manufacturing and in MRI machines. According to the American Chemical Society, the U.S., Qatar and ...

But you can still fly your own with a helium balloon and some electronics. One notable project — the Blimpduino — has evolved into the Blimpduino 2. The open-source software is on GitHub.