20th July 2014, 07:17 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Sydney's Eastern Suburbs - View From Bondi To Jibbon Point And Bravo 10 South
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From Google Project Loon ...
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Many of us think of the Internet as a global community. But two-thirds of the world’s population does not yet have Internet access. Project Loon is a network of balloons traveling on the edge of space, designed to connect people in rural and remote areas, help fill coverage gaps, and bring people back online after disasters.
Project Loon balloons float in the stratosphere, twice as high as airplanes and the weather. In the stratosphere, there are many layers of wind, and each layer of wind varies in direction and speed. Loon balloons go where they’re needed by rising or descending into a layer of wind blowing in the desired direction of travel. People can connect to the balloon network using a special Internet antenna attached to their building. The signal bounces from this antenna up to the balloon network, and then down to the global Internet on Earth.
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Last edited by Grahame Hutchison; 20th July 2014 at 07:31 PM.
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