Project Loon

As noble as that is I'm sure a lot of people without internet access would rather have food and water, not be in a war zone and free from many diseases.
 
As noble as that is I'm sure a lot of people without internet access would rather have food and water, not be in a war zone and free from many diseases.

designed to connect people in rural and remote areas, help fill coverage gaps, and bring people back online after disasters.

It's not designed for them anyway, so they can continue not being connected:D
 
Be interesting to see if they can pull this off. If it does work might help people in rural areas get a lot quicker internet.
 
Forfar Athletic aka 'The Loons'

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:p
 
It doesn't really say tbf. It just says that the antenna's designed to work at a variable distance. Will it actually be on a rope, or was that just for illustration?

it uses varying wind currents in the atmosphere to navigate around the world.


Basically computers tell the balloon which altitude to go to so that they get blown in a certain direction.
 
what if one of the balloon broke? ie not communicating etc. how the hell they gonna bring it down?

they cant just keep sending new ones up all the time

nice idea thou
 
It's not designed for them anyway, so they can continue not being connected:D

I wouldn't rule it out, Grayrigg (where the Pendalino crashed) was at the time covered by point to point radio broadband running up the valley from Kendal. If Google's system is cost effective and performs well you may see it in the UK, maybe on a we buy one for the UK and one for Africa scheme.
 
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