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    1 Mbit/s speeds. A reference to the balloons used, Project Loon began as a research and development project by X (formerly Google X) in 2011, but later spun...
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    X Development (section Loon)
    successful use of free-space optical communication (FSOC) as a part of Project Loon, X decided to conduct more tests called Taara in rural areas of India...
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    of loons by Archibald Thorburn. Top: Common loon, Mid-left: red-throated loon, Mid-right: yellow-billed loon, Bottom: black-throated loon Common loon flying...
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    that the Internet.org initiative was "willing to work" with Project Loon (Google's project to use high-altitude balloons to provide people cheaper Internet...
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  • for Google in 2007. He was head of privacy at Google X, an advisor on Project Loon, and the co-founder of The Laundry SF[citation needed] and Save the Ice...
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    well known high-endurance project was Google Loon, using helium-filled high-altitude balloons to reach the stratosphere. Loon was ended in 2021. High-altitude...
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    African Broadband Project Csquared". Venturebeat. Simonite, Tom (March–April 2015). review.com/s/534986/project-loon/ "Project Loon". MIT Tech. Rev. {{cite...
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    000 m3) lake is formed by Loon Lake Dam, completed in 1963 (61 years ago) (1963) as part of the Upper American River Project by Sacramento Municipal Utility...
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    The red-throated loon (North America) or red-throated diver (Britain and Ireland) (Gavia stellata) is a migratory aquatic bird found in the northern hemisphere...
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    (1990s) venture to accomplish broadband satellite internet services Project Loon – former concept to provide internet access via balloons in the stratosphere...
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    former Air Force base in order to continue testing a new project, Project Loon. Project Loon was a program that creates an aerial Wi-Fi network, using...
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    product management and subsequently a Vice President at Google and led Project Loon with Google[x]. In April 2017, it was reported he was working on a clean...
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  • and hi-fi power amplifiers. Transport Airships Airplanes, helicopters; Project Loon replaced by cellular networks and land-based Internet services Advertising;...
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    laboratories. Projects at Google X include Google Glass, Google Self-Driving Car Project, Google Contact Lens and Project Loon. Google X spun its project called...
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    Hendrik Willem van Loon (January 14, 1882 – March 11, 1944) was a Dutch-American historian, journalist, and children's book author. Van Loon was born in Rotterdam...
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    Keith Moon (redirect from Keith the loon)
    acquired a reputation for decadence and dark humour; his nickname was "Moon the Loon". While touring with the Who, on several occasions he passed out on stage...
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  • WDCT is a technology that uses the 2.4 GHz radio spectrum. Google's Project Loon used ISM bands (specifically 2.4 and 5.8 GHz bands) for balloon-to-balloon...
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  • passes through: 39th parallel south 41st parallel south Roaring Forties Project Loon "Sunrise and sunset times in King Island, June 2018". www.timeanddate...
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  • Loon is the debut studio album by American rapper Loon. It was released on October 21, 2003 via Bad Boy Records. Production was handled by Yogi, Ryan Leslie...
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  • networks between high-altitude platforms are planned as part of Google's Project Loon and Facebook Aquila with the same technology. Free-space optical networks...
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    Geostationary satellite High-altitude platform station Internet.org Project Loon Tethered blimp World View Enterprises PongSat List of tallest structures...
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    145 April 14, 2014 Titan Aerospace High-altitude UAVs  United States — Project Loon 146 May 2, 2014 Rangespan E-commerce  United Kingdom — Google Shopping...
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  • session. Google WiFi, Google's municipal wireless network Project Loon, Google's research project aiming to provide Internet access to rural and remote areas...
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    stratospheric balloons over a distance of 100 km (62 mi) as part of Project Loon. The connection was stable over many hours and during day and nighttime...
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  • weight: 880 lb (399 kg) Performance Service ceiling: 90,000 ft (27,000 m) Project Loon Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era NASA Pathfinder (First...
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  • backbone throughout New Zealand. In June 2013, Google started testing Project Loon in Canterbury, a plan to provide internet services via large helium balloons...
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  • countries. Project Loon, working on providing Internet access to rural and remote areas. The company uses high-altitude balloons. Wikipedia Zero, a project by...
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  • emergency communication. The emergence of initiatives such as Google's Project Loon offer opportunities for networked communication when infrastructure-dependent...
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  • Google 'Moonshot,' Continues Health-First Trend After Google Lenses, Project Loon". International Business Times. Retrieved 26 July 2014. "Verily Launches...
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    The Republic-Ford JB-2, also known as the Thunderbug, KGW and LTV-N-2 Loon. Developed in 1944, and planned to be used in the United States invasion of...
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