Google X announces Project Loon - Polidicks

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m96tYpEk1Ao[/media] [B][url]http://www.google.com/loon/[/url][/B] [url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-22905199[/url] [quote]Google is launching balloons into near space to provide internet access to buildings below on the ground. About 30 of the superpressure balloons are being launched from New Zealand from where they will drift around the world on a controlled path. Attached equipment will offer 3G-like speeds to 50 testers in the country. It says that balloons could one day be diverted to disaster-hit areas to aid rescue efforts in situations where ground communication equipment has been damaged.[/quote]

It's literally skynet

google why are you awesome?

Sounds pretty loony to me

some depressing statistics :(

Know whats cooler than 3G balloons? [B]3G Zeppelins![/B]

Xbox One for all!

More like project loom

[QUOTE=whathe12;41042383]More like project loom[/QUOTE] You mean the latest masterpiece of fantasy storytelling from Lucasfilm's Brian Moriarty?

[IMG]http://puu.sh/3g3v2/22bc4f8c96.jpg[/IMG] "ahh shit I just came down with the internet, I can't come into work"

give her the internet

Seems a hell of a lot more economical than launching satellites into space. How long are they expected to last, though? I'm sure with proper construction and energy from solar paneling that they could last quite a while.

Pfft [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IP_over_Avian_Carriers[/url]

[QUOTE=.Isak.;41042491]Seems a hell of a lot more economical than launching satellites into space. How long are they expected to last, though? I'm sure with proper construction and energy from solar paneling that they could last quite a while.[/QUOTE] Yeah if you think about it, the solar panels could provide enough energy for a satellite linkup and stuff, as well as an air compressor to keep filling up the balloon.

That video actually reminds you how the internet can be more than just entertainment.

This probably will sound stupid but, does this mean people will get the internet for short amounts of time? Cause won't the balloons be moving constantly?

[QUOTE=Erasus;41043569]This probably will sound stupid but, does this mean people will get the internet for short amounts of time? Cause won't the balloons be moving constantly?[/QUOTE] Once a large and stable network is in place, connection probably won't be an issue. As well, they brought up being able to place the balloons in locations with wind patterns, so they may be able to keep them relatively localized with the same patterns.

[QUOTE=Erasus;41043569]This probably will sound stupid but, does this mean people will get the internet for short amounts of time? Cause won't the balloons be moving constantly?[/QUOTE] It's the same thing with satellites, you just have to launch a bunch of them

So the initial balloons will be launched from Christchurch AKA the city in the process of rebuilding post-quake. It's all a cover-up. It's actually a google-funded Columbia.

Militia is so gonna shoot those down as a hobby edit: Swebonny apparently doesn't know about militia's death star.

[QUOTE=Tsanummy;41044310]Militia is so gonna shoot those down as a hobby[/QUOTE] [QUOTE]Google is [B]launching balloons into[U] near space[/U][/B] to provide internet access to buildings below on the ground.[/QUOTE]

I bet space balloons are going to provide better internet than what we pay for in Australia

Does this mean we can get wifi on planes as we fly under the balloons :v:

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcw6j-QWGMo[/media] The video not in the OP, explaining how it works.

Google is the greatest corporation the world has ever seen.

[QUOTE=Protocol7;41042415][IMG]http://puu.sh/3g3v2/22bc4f8c96.jpg[/IMG] "ahh shit I just came down with the internet, I can't come into work"[/QUOTE] "Man, she said she was clean, but after we banged, I found out she gave me the internet"

[QUOTE=smurfy;41042439]give her the internet[/QUOTE] Let her feel the power of the internet.

[QUOTE=Kill coDer;41042735]Pfft [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IP_over_Avian_Carriers[/url][/QUOTE] MSN Messenger Pigeon.

So you can have actual on the cloud storage.

[QUOTE=Period;41046600][media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcw6j-QWGMo[/media] The video not in the OP, explaining how it works.[/QUOTE] 0:40 "Our balloons are these... great big round things" Yeah, thanks for the explanation.