{"id":160548,"date":"2021-01-22T14:48:51","date_gmt":"2021-01-22T11:48:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/alphabet-bursts-its-balloon-powered-internet-plans\/"},"modified":"2021-01-22T14:48:51","modified_gmt":"2021-01-22T11:48:51","slug":"alphabet-bursts-its-balloon-powered-internet-plans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/alphabet-bursts-its-balloon-powered-internet-plans\/","title":{"rendered":"#Alphabet bursts its balloon-powered internet plans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#Alphabet bursts its balloon-powered internet plans<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n                            Alphabet\u2019s moonshot idea of beaming internet connectivity from giant balloons is floating back down to earth.<\/p>\n<p>The Google parent company announced that it\u2019s shutting down the Loon project because the business model is unsustainable.<\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThe road to commercial viability has proven much longer and riskier than hoped,\u201d\u00a0said Astro Teller, who leads Alphabet\u2019s experimental X lab, in a Thursday <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.x.company\/loons-final-flight-e9d699123a96\">blog post.<\/a>\u00a0\u201cSo we\u2019ve made the difficult decision to close down Loon.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The ambitious venture aimed to deliver affordable internet access to unconnected,\u00a0<span>remote, and underserved areas.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>[Read:\u00a0How this company leveraged AI to become the Netflix of Finland]<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span>The balloons were equipped with directional antennas that transmitted signals to the ground.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<figure class=\"post-image post-mediaBleed aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1335133 lazy\" alt=\"The antenna successfully transmitted data over 600km between two balloons.\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/01\/1_pFHKdwlecM8evv-XlGp6tQ.gif\" data-lazy=\"true\"\/><figcaption>Credit: Alphabet<\/figcaption><figcaption><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/thenextweb.com\/tech\/2021\/01\/22\/alphabet-bursts-its-balloon-powered-internet-plans\/#\" data-url=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Fthenextweb.com%2Ftech%2F2021%2F01%2F22%2Falphabet-bursts-its-balloon-powered-internet-plans%2F&amp;via=thenextweb&amp;related=thenextweb&amp;text=Check out this picture on: The antenna successfully transmitted data over 600km between two balloons.\" data-title=\"Share The antenna successfully transmitted data over 600km between two balloons. on Twitter\" data-width=\"685\" data-height=\"500\" class=\"post-image-share popitup\" title=\"Share The antenna successfully transmitted data over 600km between two balloons. on Twitter\"><i class=\"icon icon--inline icon--twitter--dark\"\/><\/a>The antenna successfully transmitted data over 600km between two balloons.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span>Machine learning algorithms guided the balloons to their destination.\u00a0Users of the service would then connect to the network through a special antenna attached to their building.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe idea may sound a bit crazy \u2014 and that\u2019s part of the reason we\u2019re calling it Project Loon,\u201d<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.google\/alphabet\/introducing-project-loon\/\">said<\/a>\u00a0Project Lead Mike Cassidy\u00a0when unveiling the project in 2013.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, the idea has proved one moonshot too far.\u00a0It nonetheless produced several\u00a0breakthroughs, including a functioning mesh network in the sky and balloons that survived in the stratosphere for more than a year.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the tech\u2019s been added to\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.company\/projects\/taara\/\">Project Taara<\/a>, which uses\u00a0invisible beams of light to deliver internet connectivity \u2014 like fiber optics but without a physical cable.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"post-image post-mediaBleed aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1335134 lazy\" alt=\"Loon's early optical communication link tests led to Project Taara.\" width=\"800\" height=\"532\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/01\/Screenshot-2021-01-22-at-10.59.56.png\" data-lazy=\"true\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/01\/Screenshot-2021-01-22-at-10.59.56.png 800w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/01\/Screenshot-2021-01-22-at-10.59.56-280x186.png 280w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/01\/Screenshot-2021-01-22-at-10.59.56-406x270.png 406w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/01\/Screenshot-2021-01-22-at-10.59.56-203x135.png 203w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/01\/Screenshot-2021-01-22-at-10.59.56-796x529.png 796w\"\/><figcaption>Credit: Alphabet<\/figcaption><figcaption><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/thenextweb.com\/tech\/2021\/01\/22\/alphabet-bursts-its-balloon-powered-internet-plans\/#\" data-url=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Fthenextweb.com%2Ftech%2F2021%2F01%2F22%2Falphabet-bursts-its-balloon-powered-internet-plans%2F&amp;via=thenextweb&amp;related=thenextweb&amp;text=Check out this picture on: Loon\u2019s early optical communication link tests led to Project Taara.\" data-title=\"Share Loon\u2019s early optical communication link tests led to Project Taara. on Twitter\" data-width=\"685\" data-height=\"500\" class=\"post-image-share popitup\" title=\"Share Loon\u2019s early optical communication link tests led to Project Taara. on Twitter\"><i class=\"icon icon--inline icon--twitter--dark\"\/><\/a>Loon\u2019s early optical communication link tests led to Project Taara.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Loon balloon may have burst, but there\u2019s still hope that its work will help connect the unconnected.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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