Google Project Loon谷歌互聯網氣球---youtube AutoTube

2013.6.16---計畫主持人凱斯狄:下一階段的目標是釋放多達300個氣球，平均分散在紐西蘭、澳洲、智利、烏拉圭、巴拉圭和阿根廷的南緯40度線
---Google氣球的電力來自下方懸吊牌桌大小太陽能板，可在4小時內充飽一日所需電力。氣球飛行時將接收到地面相隔約100公里的網路站訊號，並在氣球間互相傳遞，最多可連結5個氣球
2013年6月---開始在新西蘭的一個實驗試點
---What is Project Loon?
Many of us think of the Internet as a global community. 我們中的許多人認為互聯網作為一個全球性的社會。
But two-thirds of the world's population does not yet have Internet access.但是，三分之二的世界人口還沒有上網。
Project Loon is a network of balloons traveling on the edge of space, designed to connect people in rural and remote areas, help fill coverage gaps, and bring people back online after disasters. 龍項目是一個網絡的氣球上行駛的邊緣空間，旨在連接在農村和偏遠地區的人，幫助填補覆蓋缺口，並給人們帶來災難發生後重新聯機。
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Project Loon balloons float in the stratosphere, twice as high as airplanes and the weather. 項目龍氣球漂浮在平流層，飛機和天氣的兩倍高。
They are carried around the Earth by winds and they can be steered by rising or descending to an altitude with winds moving in the desired direction. 他們都是圍繞地球由風，他們可以操縱的上升或下降到海拔風在所需方向移動。
People connect to the balloon network using a special Internet antenna attached to their building. 人們連接到網絡使用一種特殊的互聯網天線連接到他們的建築氣球。
The signal bounces from balloon to balloon, then to the global Internet back on Earth. 信號彈從氣球氣球，然後再返回地球全球互聯網