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Det har redan talats en del om Googles projekt för att tillhandahålla internetuppkoppling via ballonger. Här två Ars Technica-artiklar:

Report: Google considering Internet balloons to connect sub-Saharan Africa (2013-05-26)

Google’s balloon-based wireless networks may not be a crazy idea (2013-06-02)

 

Nu har projektet, som kallas Project Loon, presenterats officiellt: Introducing Project Loon: Balloon-powered Internet access

 

I presentationen framställs problemet som ballongerna skall lösa sålunda: “But for 2 out of every 3 people on earth, a fast, affordable Internet connection is still out of reach.”

 

Projektet befinner sig i en mycket tidig fas, och det testas nu i Nya Zeeland.

 

Projektets sida: https://www.google.com/loon/

 

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.

 

Projektets Google+-sida: https://plus.google.com/+ProjectLoon/

Redigerad Juni 15, 2013 av JoWa