Google plans wireless blimps
谷歌擬用飛艇造無線網(wǎng)

Helium(氫)-filled airships and balloons will bring Internet access to 1b people in Africa, Google hopes. The search giant intends to finance, build and help operate wireless networks in sub-Saharan Africa and Southeast Asia, Wired reported. To help enable the campaign, Google has been putting together an ecosystem of low-cost smart phones running Android on low-power microprocessors, Wired said. Rather than using a traditional infrastructure, Google's signal will be carried by high-altitude platforms - balloons and blimps (飛艇) - that can transmit over areas of hundreds of square kilometers.(See photo)
谷歌希望氫氣飛艇和氣球能幫10億非洲人民連上互聯(lián)網(wǎng)。據(jù)《連線》雜志報道，這家搜索巨頭打算籌資在撒哈拉以南非洲和東南亞興建并協(xié)助運營無線網(wǎng)絡(luò)。為實施該項目，谷歌正在適配一款廉價智能手機(jī)，使其在低功率的微處理器上運行安卓系統(tǒng)。與傳統(tǒng)架構(gòu)不同的是，谷歌的信號將通過高空平臺傳輸，如氣球和飛艇，這種方式能夠?qū)崿F(xiàn)數(shù)百平方公里的信號覆蓋。(見圖)

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