Weekly Bytes | Balloon flights to edge of space, Sony’s wearable speaker, and more

Balloon flights to edge of space The growing space tourism market has a new entrant, World View, a stratospheric ballooning company, which plans to take passengers to the edge of space using balloons. World View’s first commercial flights are expected to begin in early 2024 with Space For Humanity securing the inaugural commercial flight. In another space development, Blue Origin’s next flight, on October 12, will take a celebrity astronaut, William Shatner, who played Captain Kirk on “Star Trek”, to the edge of space. Sony’s wearable speaker Sony announced a new wireless wearable neckband speaker, designed to provide an immersive audio experience.