Project Loon: Σχεδόν πριν από τέσσερα χρόνια, η Google ξεκίνησε ένα project που έχει σαν στόχο να φέρει τη διαδικτυακή κάλυψη σε απομακρυσμένες περιοχές με ειδικά σχεδιασμένα μπαλόνια. Από τότε μέχρι σήμερα υπάρχει σταθερή πρόοδος με πολυάριθμες μελέτες, αλλά σήμερα η εταιρεία, είναι ανακοίνωσε μια σημαντική ανακάλυψη που θα διευκολύνει σημαντικά την ανάπτυξη της υπηρεσίας.
To this day, balloons are flown around the world in ringa, and moved up or down in the stratosphere depending on the winds. When a balloon drifts away from an area that requires connectivity, another will immediately follow to replace it.
The team behind Project Loon says it has figured out a way to send small groups of balloons to areas that can stay in place for months to a year. Below is one video which shows how such a thing can be done.
Astro Teller, who leads the Alphabet trial, also known as X, has explained that this will allow Project Loon to do incredible things.
"Now we are running an experiment trying to give services in certain parts of the world with 10 or 20 or 30 balloons, not 200 or 300 or 400.”
To do this, Google's engineers spent a lot of time improving the height and navigation systems, but also to implement a new AI software that regulates how they fly balloons instead of using predefined navigation paths.
The team reported that this translates into a 100x reduction in the total number of balloons that would need to be used for disposal accesson the internet. Thus there will be a drastic reduction in costs but also the possibility to start the services of Project Loon will be realized much faster than expected.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHCKL-fCmk8
