Facebook has made it a mission to connect the world. Whether unconnected, or poorly connected, there are several new initiatives on the horizon that could bring an estimated 1.6 billion people online. We were able to get a glimpse of a few of them at F8 today. The most ambitious project is easily Facebook’s solar-powered Aquila drone. Aquila is a boomerang-shaped unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) that dropped the tail, the fuselage and reliance on fossil fuels in hopes to remain airborne for months on end and deliver wireless connectivity to underserved regions. It’s ambitious, but success here could reduce the…
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