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Inflatable armbands
Spartan Scout
The Spartan Scout is a crewless surface watercraft, also known as an unmanned surface vehicle (USV) developed by the United States in 2001 and first demonstrated in late 2003. The craft, a rigid hull inflatable boat, weighs two tons, and is seven meters (23 ft) in length. It has a .50 caliber machine gun, as well as various sensors such as electro-optical and infrared surveillance and surface search radar. The Spartan is capable of carrying a 3,000 lb payload. According to a press release from the US Navy, the Spartan Scout will also come in an 11-meter version, capable of carrying a 5,000 lb payload.
A hypercone consists of a large donut-shaped balloon that supports a cone-shaped sheet of heat-resistant fabric thirty to forty meters in diameter, with the capsule located at the point of the cone. The balloon is rapidly inflated to expand the cone to full size and the resulting drag slows the capsule to a velocity where other landing mechanisms can finish the job of bringing it to a soft landing.
Although a two-man boat crew is needed to deploy the Spartan Scout, once deployed it is capable of working autonomously or semi-autonomously. During its demonstration deployment, the Spartan Scout was configured for surface surveillance and force protection, although it can potentially be configured for more complex missions.
Flowerpot Island
Flowerpot Island is an island in Georgian Bay, and is a part of the Fathom Five National Marine Park of Ontario, Canada. The island spans 2.1 km from east to west, and 1.5 km from north to south, and has a total area of 2 km2 (500 acres). It has 6 km of trails on it, and is located 6.5 km north-east of Tobermory. It is accessible by cruises and rigid inflatable boats from Tobermory.
Its name comes from two rock pillars (originally three, one collapsing in 1903) on its eastern shore, which looks like flowerpots.
Hypercone (spacecraft)
A hypercone is a mechanism for atmospheric reentry deceleration proposed by future Mars landing missions. It is an inflatable structure combining characteristics of both heat shields and parachutes.
Mars' combination of thin atmospheric density and relatively large gravity makes it impossible for a conventional heat shield to break landing capsules of more than a few tons' mass to subsonic velocity before they would impact the surface. The hypercone is intended to supplement other deceleration mechanisms, bridging a gap in capability between conventional heat shields (which are useful for taking a spacecraft from orbital velocity down to several times the speed of sound) and conventional parachutes or landing rockets (which are only useful below the speed of sound).
Inflatable armbands (usually referred to as just "armbands"), are a device to help a wearer float in water and learn to swim.
Inflatable armbands are typically cylindrical inflatable plastic bands that are inflated and worn on the upper arm. When the wearer is in water, the air inside the armbands provides buoyancy on account of its far lower density than the water. Although often thought of as a child's flotation device, armbands are also available in adult sizes.
