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Kajman · 3093 days ago · link · · parent · post: Project Loon is set to circle the planet with Internet balloons in 2016
I'm plenty skeptical, of course, though this is at least better than magical cubesats to beam "WiFi" to consumer cellphones.
theadvancedapes · 3093 days ago · link ·
It's a pretty ambitious prediction, and not your typical crazy prediction, i.e. "sometime in the next 20 years" (short enough to peak our attention but long enough away to be forgotten if it doesn't happen) -- so we can see if they succeed! Would be amazing!