Answer» Correct Answer - Option 2 : Wireless Communication Technology
The correct answer is Wireless Communication Technology. - Balloon-powered Internet:
- 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.
- How it exactly works?
- Project Loon balloons travel approximately 20 km above the Earth’s surface in the stratosphere.
- Winds in the stratosphere are stratified, and each layer of wind varies in speed and direction.
- Project Loon uses software algorithms to determine where its balloons need to go, then moves each one into a layer of wind blowing in the right direction.
- By moving with the wind, the balloons can be arranged to form one large communications network.
- How is the Loon designed?
- The inflatable part of the balloon is called a balloon envelope.
- Each balloon’s electronics are powered by an array of solar panels.
- The panels produce approximately 100 Watts of power in full sun, which is enough to keep Loon’s electronics running.
- Project Loon is able to power itself using entirely renewable energy sources.
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