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Facebook's Slender 'Aquila' Drone To Provide Internet In Remote Areas
Mickeycaskill writes: Facebook will start testing a 400kg drone with the wingspan of a Boeing 737 next year, CEO Mark Zuckerberg has said, as part of the company's drive to connect people in remote areas to the Internet. Aquila will fly between 60,000ft and 90,000ft as to avoid adverse weather conditions and commercial air routes, while the attached laster can transmit data at 10Gbps. Facebook claims it can accurately connect with a point the size of a US 5-cent coin from more than 10 miles away.
as part of the company's drive to connect people in remote areas to Facebook.
Fixed that for them.
Of course said drone was snooping in his backyard filming his daughters and looking under his porch, not flying a circuit at 90,000 feet.
Seven puppies were harmed during the making of this post.
Clearly the government outsourced all intelligence work to Facebook. Facebook now has ELINT drones. Optical reconnaissance will come next, I presume?
Ezekiel 23:20
Sexconker, you certainly didn't intend it, but for once you're right: Facebook is for cows.
Should we get you a different toy to play with than just the See and Say? Surely you're getting bored with it by now, kiddo. How about a nice Ironman Mister Potato-head?
Are YOU using the TOOL, or is the TOOL using YOU? Think about it!
If they hit a nickel at 10 miles, then at 11.4 miles they can hit a quarter. Finding the coin that matches 17 miles is left as an exercise ...
Just wait for 120,000lbs landing on someone's head or house when a 737 goes down!