Thursday, June 20, 2013
Wednesday, June 19, 2013
Google testing Balloons to Provide Free Internet to Remote Areas
Google X, the secretive lab behind projects like
Google Glass and Google’s self-driving cars, announced its latest project
today: balloon-powered Internet access for those areas of the earth where regular
terrestrial Internet isn’t a good option. Google started testing these
balloons, which are meant to provide Internet access comparable to 3G networks
while sailing the stratospheric winds, in New Zealand.
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