Friday, June 14, 2013

Tech News: Google Launching Internet Providing Balloons




Google is launching internet-providing antennas into the stratosphere via balloons in order to get Internet to remote areas on the planet.

The eighteen-month project was kept a secret and Google plans to announce it has 30 of the internet balloons above New Zealand.

50 local New Zealanders signed up for the project to test the connection.

Charles Nimmo was the first person to test the internet via balloons and received it for 15 minutes until the balloon sailed past.

The balloon is able to get power from solar panels that hang below and charge for four hours and can be used for a day.



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