[QUOTE=Kill coDer;41042735]Pfft
[url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IP_over_Avian_Carriers[/url][/QUOTE]
That bandwith.
[quote]If 16 homing pigeons are given 8 32GB SD cards each, and take an hour to reach their destination, the throughput of the transfer would be 9320Mbit/s, excluding transfer to and from the SD cards.[/quote]
Sounds like it wont last for long and the balloons will just burst, much much much much cheaper than sattelites at least.
[QUOTE=Fatfatfatty;41047819]Sounds like it wont last for long and the balloons will just burst, much much much much cheaper than sattelites at least.[/QUOTE]
yeah im worried about that too the design looks great though i got a leak
[img]http://i.imgur.com/4PiRrSJ.jpg[/img]
very sleek google, can't wait
Wait until people start calling them UFO's.
[QUOTE=Feroaffer;41047965]Wait until people start calling them UFO's.[/QUOTE]
no that's the other google x project
"Google X SwampTech Gas"
[QUOTE=Firegod522;41046962]So you can have actual on the cloud storage.[/QUOTE]
Unless they find a way of lifting whole data centers on balloons, not happening.
[QUOTE=Kill coDer;41042735]Pfft
[url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IP_over_Avian_Carriers[/url][/QUOTE]
Lols, it's super high latency tho, might be a problem for the XBONE.
BTW, this reminds me of Amazon AWS Import/Export. If you have a TON of data, they recommend you ship it to them on a physical device, instead of piping it through the interwebs. In some cases it's cheaper and faster.
[url]https://aws.amazon.com/importexport[/url]
where do they get all these clowns to inflate all the balloons?
A company called Stratocomm already had this idea, but I guess you need to be Google to make it work.
[QUOTE=Mangmasta;41042817]Yeah if you think about it, the solar panels could provide enough energy for a satellite linkup and stuff, [B]as well as an air compressor to keep filling up the balloon[/B].[/QUOTE]
Unfortunately it doesn't work that way, filling the balloon up with air would only weigh it down, you would need to fill it with a lighter gas. With that being said, it would be really cool to implement an electrolysis system that could collect rainwater and convert it to hydrogen for the balloon. I'm gonna look into this.
[QUOTE=Splarg!;41052153]A company called Stratocomm already had this idea, but I guess you need to be Google to make it work.[/QUOTE]
To be fair, Stratocomm hasn't really released a lot of detail to begin with. Maybe it's just me looking at their website, but Google X has at least made their full project details as clear as possible up front.
Not to forget that Google's alot more credible, considering they even have made internet connections for rural and hard-to-reach areas that go as low as a one-time installation fee with no monthly payments.
Putting something in the cloud has a whole new meaning now
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