EUM what ??? dahell is FEDbook up too Facebook saves the developing world with drones on solar energy? By: Peter Ammelrooy - 03/05/14, 06:29 © AP. A photo by Titan Aerospace is released. On display is a 50-Solara drone, which works on solar energy. Making drones at height twenty kilometers internet accessible to the developing world : Facebook would the company that develops them to take over. Only for personal gain? It is easy to assume that most people have Internet access, but in reality it applies only to one-third of the worlds 2.7 billion people. Mark Zuckerberg Facebook has put his sights on Titan Aerospace, a U.S. company that develops self-directed drones thanks to solar energy can continue without landing. Once in the air for five years A fleet of 11 thousand of these atmospheric satellites should bring Internet to areas that are not connected to the network. The news was made public yesterday by the website TechCrunch . It relies on an anonymous source who says he has had the acquisition plans. Unauthorized access Facebook and Titan Aerospace have not responded to the disclosure. Would provide 60 million dollars (44 million euros) for the drone builder. The social network Aiming Zuckerberg s drone fleet fits in the pursuit of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg to Internet for the populations of developing countries. accessible Zuckerberg speaks in this context of the next five billion. Its easy to assume that most people have Internet access, but in reality this applies only to one-third of the worlds 2.7 billion people, said Zuckerberg previous month at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. Facebook has 1.3 million users. Along with six mobile phone manufacturers Zuckerberg dropped last year Internet.org foundation with the aim of making the Internet a hundred times more affordable. Critics fear that Zuckerberg Internet.org only used to win more souls for its social network. They point to the billions of dollars in income each year that Facebook escapes tax havens such as the Netherlands, Ireland and the Caribbean. That the company would be able to apply to cases where the third world needs more, such as according to them, clean drinking water and sanitation. residents in Africa mainly use smartphones for surfing, emailing and chatting. The continent has 1.2 billion users of mobile Internet , compared with 357 million Africans who have a broadband connection via cable or fiber. still only test flights Titan Aerospace was founded in 2012. Until now, the company has just test flights with a six times smaller prototype of the drones which Facebook preys. The drone has a wingspan of 60 meters. The wings are fitted with solar panels that provide power for his motorcycle. s Solara should be flying at an altitude of about 20 kilometers, where the unit is less affected by changing weather conditions. Titan Aerospace sees his flying robots as a cheaper alternative to Earth observation missions which now satellites with a missile in space are brought. Incidentally, does Google a drone fleet. The company would therefore like balloons plates which 20 kilometers altitude form a network for mobile internet. volkskrant.nl/vk/nl/2664/Nieuws/article/detail/3607720/2014/03/05/Redt-Facebook-de-derde-wereld-dankzij-drones-op-zonne-energie.dhtml
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