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| Authored by: jbb on Sunday, June 16 2013 @ 01:43 AM EDT |
| Do you really think Google didn't consider these issues? Really? I'd bet money
they did thousands, perhaps millions of simulations of the paths the balloons
will follow.
Anyway, I'm just relieved they didn't call it
SkyNet.
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| Authored by: jbb on Sunday, June 16 2013 @ 05:43 AM EDT |
| If you scroll down just a bit, the second video on that page explains how they
steer the balloons and how the natural motion is part of the design. Here is
the Y
ouTube page of that video so you don't have to go to the bother of scrolling
down.
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| Authored by: Wol on Monday, June 17 2013 @ 11:37 AM EDT |
Given that a loon is a northern hemisphere penguin, it seems strange to name a
project of balloons after a bird that cannot fly very well at all...
Cheers,
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