Dear MEL School’s Topic Readers,
Google's Project Loon
internet balloons to circle Earth
Internet connection via
balloons? Sounds like a hybrid idea of today’s technology on a yesterday’s
vehicle. There are optical fiber cables on the ground and under the waters.
Also, more antennas and towers have been built all over the places. In space,
communication satellites transmit signals to and from the land, sea or air.
Then are there anything high in the air other than clouds? That’s what the
Internet giant Google has been working on to provide Internet connections
anywhere in the world.
They are planning to
launch Helium-filled giant balloons that are equipped with solar panels,
position adjusting system and radio transceivers to send and receive data
streams. The life expectancy of this balloon is now about half a year. They think
300 of such balloons will be able to cover the whole world. Sounds very
ambitious, doesn’t it?
While NASA focuses more
on outer space, Google seems to be taking care of the domestic businesses with
its deep pocket.
Enjoy reading and
imagining having Internet connection via balloons.
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