google announces project loon, balloon powered internet access.
A ring of balloons, flying around the globe on the stratospheric winds provide Internet access to the earth below. The system uses balloons, carried by the wind at altitudes twice as high as commercial planes, to beam Internet access to the ground at speeds similar to today’s 3G networks or faster. As a result, balloons could become an option for connecting rural, remote, and underserved areas, and for helping with communications after natural disasters.
http://googleblog.blogspot.in/2013/06/introducing-project-loon.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m96tYpEk1Ao
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcw6j-QWGMo
A ring of balloons, flying around the globe on the stratospheric winds provide Internet access to the earth below. The system uses balloons, carried by the wind at altitudes twice as high as commercial planes, to beam Internet access to the ground at speeds similar to today’s 3G networks or faster. As a result, balloons could become an option for connecting rural, remote, and underserved areas, and for helping with communications after natural disasters.
http://googleblog.blogspot.in/2013/06/introducing-project-loon.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m96tYpEk1Ao
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcw6j-QWGMo