Google Beats Facebook to Buy DRONES=More Spying on us!
Google Swoops in to beat Facebook in Battle to buy Drone Firm and Put Internet Access in the Sky
Google has beaten Facebook to buy drone firm Titan Aerospace in a bid to to bring the internet to the developing world. Facebook had been expected to acquire the firm - but Google revealed it had pipped them to the post. The firm hopes to use the drones to bring internet access to large parts of the developing world, alongside its Project Loon balloon project. http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2014/...00_634x346.jpg Facebook was tipped to spend $60million on buying Titan Aerospace, which makes drones (pictured), that can fly solo for five years without needing to land, to bring affordable internet access to five billion people who dont have it Quote:
The firm has not said how much it paid for the firm, which will remain in New Mexico. :rolleyes: NB; from Ladybbird- (Another Tax Dodge by a US company, as Google & Facebook have done in Ireland) Titan is developing two dragonfly-shaped drones, both of which use batteries charged by wing-mounted solar panels to remain aloft at night. The smaller model, called the Solara 50, has a wingspan of 164 feet, slightly larger than a Boeing 767. The firm's drones can fly for upto five years at a time. It had previously been reported Facebook was about to buy the firm. The company was said to be interested in using the Solara 60 model, which is light-weight solar-powered and can fly at 65,000 feet for five years non-stop. The Solara unmanned aircraft is 60 metres wide and self-sufficient as it is covered in around 3,000 solar panels producing about 7 kW of electricity. As it flies above the clouds, it is exposed to sunlight constantly during daylight hours and store energy for the night flight. The drones are described as ‘atmospheric satellites’ that could be used for surveillance, to monitor weather and communications. http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2014/...13_634x423.jpg The smaller model, called the Solara 50, has a wingspan of 164 feet, slightly larger than a Boeing 767. Facebook is interested in the latter function and reportedly thinks the drones could be used to provide sustainable regional internet systems. However, this would mean all its drones would be used for the Internet.org project, which is competing with Google’s ‘Project Loon’. Google’s effort plans on using balloons instead of drones to bring internet access to rural and remote areas of the world - and nwill now include the Titan drones. http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2014/...21_634x286.jpg The Solara unmanned aircraft 9pictured) is 60 metres wide and self-sufficient as it is covered in around 3,000 solar panels producing about 7 kW of electricity Experts have pointed out that Facebook’s recent acquisition of WhatsApp could be used to send messages in places with a weak and slow internet connection, while a data compression technology it bought, Onavo, could be used so that functions need less transmitted data to make them work. While Facebook’s aim is altruistic, the company would also seem to be looking to the future, as by connecting communities, more people than ever before will get hooked on social media. Titan Aerospace’s Solara 50 and Solara 60 drones are currently demonstrator models that can be flown and are launched in catapult, but commercial versions are expected next year. They are designed to be cheaper than the cost of a satellite, while carrying out similar functions such as surveillance, crop-monitoring, weather and disaster oversight. http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2014/...42_634x349.jpg The drones (pictured) are described as 'atmospheric satellites' that could be used for surveillance, to monitor weather and communications. Facebook is interested in using them to provide internet access to remote areas of land below The Institution of Engineering and Technology's deputy president, Professor William Webb, said: Quote:
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I can only add to that comment... Thus they make MORE money & hence the US & the "Big Boys, within, have internet control of all of us.... Read my previous Thread on this, Click here: US/NSA/US Companies Want to Control the Internet/Peoples Freedom Ladybbird...;) |
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