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

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網。據《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助運營無線網絡。為實施該項目，谷歌正在適配一款廉價智能手機，使其在低功率的微處理器上運行安卓系統。與傳統架構不同的是，谷歌的信號將通過高空平臺傳輸，如氣球和飛艇，這種方式能夠實現數百平方公里的信號覆蓋。(見圖)

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