The search company helped revolutionize balloon technology to beam internet access to global blank spots. Now, China seems to have lofted a similar project.
It’s still not certain whether—or how much—Loon technology has helped the Chinese, but Googlers, and all of us, should note that the fruits of a project designed to give internet access to the underserved might now be feeding very different appetites. Technology’s double-edged sword is often its bane., one part of my story described how Google’s X division ran a series of test flights while still figuring out how to steer the balloons. They’d then try to recover them.
Sometimes baffled observers would chance upon downed balloons before the recovery team arrived. Google prepared for that too. The payload bore a bold-face assurance that this was a harmless science experiment and listed a contact number for "Paul," who would provide a reward. In the course of about 200 tests, Google recovered all but two balloons. In one case someone just didn't make the call. The second was the shimmering UFO that caused a stir in Kentucky.
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