LughMA to FuturologyEnglish · 10 months agoJapanese telecom NTT, suggests high-altitude solar-powered drones could be 5G base stations in Africa. With coverage of 200 sq km per drone, approx 150,000 of them could blanket the continent with 5Ginterestingengineering.comexternal-linkmessage-square19fedilinkarrow-up132arrow-down13
arrow-up129arrow-down1external-linkJapanese telecom NTT, suggests high-altitude solar-powered drones could be 5G base stations in Africa. With coverage of 200 sq km per drone, approx 150,000 of them could blanket the continent with 5Ginterestingengineering.comLughMA to FuturologyEnglish · 10 months agomessage-square19fedilink
minus-squareremotelove@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·10 months agoFacebook tried something similar: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facebook_Aquila
minus-squareCanadaPluslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 months agoProject Loon, too. The idea isn’t new, and I kind of wonder why it’s more viable now.
minus-squareFuck spez@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 months agoLower solar/battery costs?
minus-squareCanadaPluslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-210 months agoI doubt that’s the most (financially) expensive component in any of these cases. Making stuff fly is pricey, and maintaining high-bandwidth radio connections can be too.
minus-squareCanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 months agoProject Loon, too. The idea isn’t new, and I kind of wonder why it’s more viable now.
Facebook tried something similar: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facebook_Aquila
Project Loon, too. The idea isn’t new, and I kind of wonder why it’s more viable now.
Lower solar/battery costs?
I doubt that’s the most (financially) expensive component in any of these cases. Making stuff fly is pricey, and maintaining high-bandwidth radio connections can be too.
Project Loon, too. The idea isn’t new, and I kind of wonder why it’s more viable now.