Sunday, August 2, 2015

Facebook wants to spread the internet with drones – Aftonbladet

Superdrönarens wingspan as large as that of a Boeing 737th

Now let Facebook pictures of the aircraft which the company claims will spread the Internet worldwide.

– Our mission is for everyone to be connected, said technical manager Jay Parikh, according to Reuters.

“The Internet is a fly,” read a headline in Swedish Daily 1996. The quotation is wrongly attributed to the then Minister of Communications ines uusmann that in the interview admittedly said she was hesitant people were prepared to spend as much time surfing.

Both she and Heading means an issuer has reason to eat their words.

People are more connected than ever – and there are no signs of a decline. On the contrary.



Want to connect all – with super drones

On Thursday stated this that the company is ready with its new bragging building: a drone with a 42 meter wingspan as wide as a Boeing 737. The solar-powered drone, known as Aguila, weighs 400 kilograms and will float at an altitude of 20-30 kilometers, writes Reuters. It is designed as a huge, wireless router in order to spread the internet where it currently does not exist.

– Our mission is to everyone around the world will be connected. It will be a great opportunity for us to motivate the industry to accelerate development, says Facebook’s chief technology officer Jay Parikh, according to Reuters.

The drone will lift using helium balloons and be up in the air three months in a row. The first flight tests are expected to take place later this year.



Meet the criticism

Google also has a drönarprojekt, Project loon, which is developing cheaper and more accessible Internet.

IT giants technology venture does not come without criticism. Internet developer Aral Balkan countries are worried that Google and Facebook’s power of influence is too great.

– drones and balloons is cool – but what are they used for? Changing the underlying power dynamics or is it again a very small group who exercise power and control over a much larger group, he told Al Jazeera in June.

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