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July 1, 2017 02:00 am
Original Link: http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/eS5AbNX99R8/facebook-inches-closer-to-its-goal-of-beaming-internet-to-worlds-remotest-places
Facebook Inches Closer To Its Goal of Beaming Internet to World's Remotest Places
Facebook has completed a second test of a solar-powered drone -- called Aquila -- designed to bring internet access to remote parts of the world. From a report: Facebook plans to develop a fleet of drones powered by sunlight that will fly for months at a time, communicating with each other through lasers and extending internet connectivity to the ground below. The company called the first test, in June 2016, a success after it flew above the Arizona desert for 1 hour and 36 minutes, three times longer than planned. It later said the drone had also crashed moments before landing and had suffered a damaged wing.Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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