Facebook moves ahead toward Internet drone air fleet

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http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/29eD3f1Q0g86..fOCUEk_w--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_US/News/US-AFPRelax/000_was8913913.64d81085604.original.jpg (http://news.yahoo.com/facebook-moves-ahead-toward-internet-drone-air-fleet-120859213.html)Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg on Thursday proclaimed the successful test of a wide-winged, solar-powered drone built to deliver wireless internet service to remote spots. "Aircraft like these will help connect the whole world because they can affordably serve the 10 percent of the world's population that live in remote communities without existing Internet infrastructure," Zuckerberg said in a post on his Facebook timeline. The unpiloted aerial vehicle, or drone, has a wingspan greater than that of a Boeing 737 passenger jet and weighs about as much as a small car, Facebook chief technology officer Mike Schroepfer told a packed audience at the social network's annual gathering of developers in San Francisco. "The idea is to loiter over an area for months at a time and beam down Internet service," Schroepfer said.



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