Internet from on high

摘要

What will it take to get the developing world online in a meaningful way? Simply hooking people up to the internet may not be enough. Last week, news emerged that Facebook will shell out $60 million for Titan Aerospace, a company in Moriarty, New Mexico, that builds high-altitude, solar-powered drones. Facebook intends to deploy the company's Solara 60 craft to provide wireless internet access in remote areas. It follows on the heels of company founder Mark Zuckerberg's announcement last year that he and other major tech firms plan to connect up "the next 5 billion people" through the internet,org partnership.