Yes, Project Loon, Google's high-flying Wi-Fi balloons that are on a mission to provide Internet to all, in every corner of the globe.
Recently, Google delivered Internet access to a local school in Brazil.
Campo Maior is a small town in rural Brazil with restricted Internet access because of its remote location and poor infrastructure. The locals there have to climb trees hunting for mobile wireless signals. In fact, they have a word for this - 'vaga-lume,' which means 'fireflying,' in English - because at night that's what the glow from their mobile phones looks like. A few weeks ago, in Linoca Gayoso, a local school in the town, Google beamed Internet directly into the classrooms with its high-flying Wi-Fi balloons.
Google first announced about the Project Loon last year in June and started its pilot testing in the Canterbury area of New Zealand. And after a year of testing, Google successfully beamed Internet into places like Campo Maior, Brazil.
Check out a few behind-the-scenes photos below, for more head over here.
According to Google, "This test flight marked a few significant 'firsts' for Project Loon as well. Launching near the equator taught us to overcome more dramatic temperature profiles, dripping humidity and scorpions. And we tested LTE technology for the first time; this could enable us to provide an Internet signal directly to mobile phones, opening up more options for bringing Internet access to more places".
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