With yesterday's press release, Google has officially announced the acquisition of Titan Aerospace, a company that plans drone or unmanned aircraft that will, among other things, help the US giant to provide access to the Internet in remote areas.
Currently in development, Titan Aerospace's drones will be powered by electricity generated from the sun by the thousands of photovoltaic panels on their fuselage. The aircraft are designed in such a way that they fly at an altitude of 20 km, i.e. above the clouds, while a part of the electric energy που θα παράγεται την ημέρα θα αποθηκεύεται σε μπαταρίες, για να κρατά τον κινητήρα τους σε mode and in the night hours.
Thus, according to Titan Aerospace officials, the drones will be able to stay in the air for up to five years, at a speed of up to 100 km/h. The goal is all this time to delete circles above a certain one region, αναλαμβάνοντας λειτουργίες που μέχρι σήμερα μπορούσαν να φέρουν σε πέρας μόνον οι (ακριβότεροι) διαστημικοί δορυφterms.
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Even before the acquisition by Google, Titan Aerospace mentioned on its site that such a function is telecommunication connections, since drones will be able to carry telecommunication latest technology equipment up to 100 kg. This possibility, and in particular the provision of access to the Internet, had caused the rumors of Titan Aerospace's talks with Facebook to "flare up" recently, which through the Internet.org project wants to connect the rest of the world to the Internet 2/ 3 of the planet's population.
Google will use the drills together with the balloons it deploys in the framework of the "Loon Project", creating a flying fleet that can replace the Internet infrastructure where it does not exist. In its communication, however, it refers to other applications of unmanned aircraft, such as environmental studies or the monitoring of natural disasters.
