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Alphabet Puts Project Loon Balloon Tech In ‘Boxes’ To Bring Light Beam Internet To India
One of Alphabet’s crazier attempts to bring the internet to more rural and isolated areas was Project Loon. Using what is called Free Space Optical Communication (FSOC), Alphabet proved it’s possible to reliably send data wirelessly between balloons floating hundreds of metres in the sky. Emboldened by the results, Alphabet’s Team X then looked for…