Facebook's Connectivity Lab: Drones, satellites to bring the Internet to underdeveloped countries
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Originally published on March 28, 2014
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Facebook is working on a fleet of drones, satellites, and lasers to bring Internet connectivity to underdeveloped parts of the globe where Internet access is not yet widely available, according to a report by Reuters.
Dubbed Internet.org, the ambitious project, a partnership with a number of other tech giants, aims to bring Internet connectivity to everyone across the planet using a fleet of solar-powered drones, as well as low-earth orbit and geosynchronous satellites.
Invisible, infrared laser beams are expected to be used by the social media giant to help boost Internet connection speed provided by the various aircrafts.
Early this month, Facebook made a deal with Titan Aerospace to buy Solara aircrafts that can theoretically stay aloft up to five years between charges, according to a report by Gawker.
The aircrafts, which are able to provide BLOS voice and data communications services over a range exceeding 100 nautical miles, could be used for weather monitoring, disaster recovery, Earth imaging and communications.
Facebook on Tuesday announced plans to acquire Oculus VR Inc, maker of virtual reality goggles it hopes could become the computing platform of the future.
"We're going to continue building these partnerships, but connecting the whole world will require inventing new technology too," said Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg in a post on the company's social media platform.
Facebook has also hired aerospace and communications experts from NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab and its Ames Research Center for the new "Connectivity Lab" project.
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Facebook is working on a fleet of drones, satellites, and lasers to bring Internet connectivity to underdeveloped parts of the globe where Internet access is not yet widely available, according to a report by Reuters.
Dubbed Internet.org, the ambitious project, a partnership with a number of other tech giants, aims to bring Internet connectivity to everyone across the planet using a fleet of solar-powered drones, as well as low-earth orbit and geosynchronous satellites.
Invisible, infrared laser beams are expected to be used by the social media giant to help boost Internet connection speed provided by the various aircrafts.
Early this month, Facebook made a deal with Titan Aerospace to buy Solara aircrafts that can theoretically stay aloft up to five years between charges, according to a report by Gawker.
The aircrafts, which are able to provide BLOS voice and data communications services over a range exceeding 100 nautical miles, could be used for weather monitoring, disaster recovery, Earth imaging and communications.
Facebook on Tuesday announced plans to acquire Oculus VR Inc, maker of virtual reality goggles it hopes could become the computing platform of the future.
"We're going to continue building these partnerships, but connecting the whole world will require inventing new technology too," said Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg in a post on the company's social media platform.
Facebook has also hired aerospace and communications experts from NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab and its Ames Research Center for the new "Connectivity Lab" project.
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