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DARPA Wi-Fi drones: Just what Facebook needs | Gizmag
“The Defence Advance Research Projects Agency (DARPA) plans to extend connectivity for forward military units with the use of small Wi-Fi-hosting drones. The aim of the Mobile Hotspots project is to provide a reliable, mobile source of bandwidth to all echelons of the military on a scale unthinkable using current methods.”
John Payne‘s insight:
This technology, if made available, could move Facebook a long way toward its goal of using drones to bring the internet to the world.
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John Payne
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