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Google's Project Loon balloon goes around the world in 22 days |
April 06, 2014
When Jules Verne wrote Around the World in Eighty Days, this probably isn’t what he had in mind: Google’s Project Loon announced last week one of its balloons had circumnavigated the Earth in 22 days.Granted, we’re not talking a grand tour of the world here: The balloon flew in a loop over the open ocean surrounding Antarctica, starting at New Zealand. According to the Project Loon team, it was the latest accomplishment for the balloon fleet, which just achieved 500,000 kilometers of flight.
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Link: http://www.pcworld.com/article/2139962/googles-project-loon-balloon-goes-around-the-world-in-22-days.html#tk.rss_all
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