24. PROJECT LOON

♤ Project Loon is a research and development project being developed by Google with the mission of providing Internet access to rural and remote areas.

♤ It is a network of balloons travelling on the edge of space, designed to connect people, help fill coverage gaps, and bring people back online after disasters.

♤ Project Loon balloons float in the stratosphere, twice as high as airplanes and the weather.

♤ They are carried around the Earth by winds and they can be steered by rising or descending to an altitude with winds moving in the desired direction.

♤ People connect to the balloon network using a special Internet antenna attached to their building.

♤ The signal bounces from balloon to balloon, then to the global Internet back on Earth.