Google is pushing forward in the race to deliver universal Internet access, testing solar-powered drones capable of beaming high-speed Internet back to Earth. The secretive Project Skybender, The Guardian reports , aims to use high-frequency millimeter wave transmitters that could be used to provide next-generation 5G wireless Internet access. The experimental technology has previously been used in airport body scanners. But by using what’s called a phased array, millimeter waves could theoretically be used to transmit data 40 times faster than the fastest 4G systems used today. A network made up of thousands of autonomous drones, powered by solar energy, would then be used to deliver high-speed, reliable Internet around the world. “The huge advantage of millimeter wave is access to new spectrum because the existing cellphone spectrum is overcrowded. It’s packed and there’s nowhere else to go,” said Jacques Rudell, a professor of electrical engineering at the Unive...
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