Facebook plans remote coverage via drones

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I'm Rarry Greenmire. Got a minute?

>> I'm Larry Greenemeier. Got a minuite?

Two at a three people in the world, cannot connect to the Internet.

>> Two out of three people in the world cannot connect to the Internet.

Not because of crummy service, but rather because in the remote area where they live, there is no service.

>> Not because of crummy service, but rather because in the remote areas where they live there is no service.

To come up with waste deliver data services to the underserved areas,  

>> To come up with ways to deliver data services to underserved areas 

Facebook, Quilcom and others formed internet.org.

>> Facebook, Qualcomm and others formed Internet.org.

Facebook's big idea is to large solar powered atmosphere satelite drones that can carry equipment for willing wireless networks.

>> Facebook’s big idea is to launch solar-powered atmospheric satellite drones that can carry equipment for relaying wireless networks.

To get the hardware, the social network is buying atmos-sate maker "tighten aerospace" for 60 million dollars.

>> To get the hardware, the social network is buying atmosat-maker Titan Aerospace for $60 million. 

Rather than just buying afligue of tighten solar powered drones, 

>> Rather than just buying a fleet of Titan’s Solara drones,

Facebook is trying to excellerate their development.

>> Facebook is trying to accelerate their development.

Tightness cell has added message wouldn't be ready for customers until next year.

>> Titan has said its atmosats wouldn’t be ready for customers until next year.

But building in an economist aerocraft can't stay a lot for years at a time isn't easy.

>> But building an autonomous aircraft that can stay aloft for years at a time isn’t easy. 

Just asked the US defence department Boeing. 

>> Just ask the U.S. Defense Department and Boeing.

They spent about 5 years and tens of millions of dollars trying to get their high-flying-solar-powered-virtual-aircraft off the ground.

>> They spent about five years and tens of millions of dollars trying to get their high-flying, solar-powered Vulture aircraft off the ground.

But in 2012, dark decides you instead focus on further developing only the fordable taking energy storage systems ment for a virture. 

>> But in 2012 DARPA decided to instead focus on further developing only the photovoltaic and energy storage systems meant for the Vulture.

That's it. Being like by Facebook should help us solar drones soar.

>> That said, being “liked” by Facebook should help the Solara drones soar.

Thanks for the minute.

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crummy: something that is crummy is unpleasant, of very poor quality, or not good enough.

fleet: a group of ships organized to do something together, for example to fight battles or to catch fish.

autonomous: governs or controls itself rather than being controlled by anyone else.

aloft: in the air or off the ground

photovoltaic: of, concerned with, or producing electric current or voltage caused by electromagnetic radiation, esp visible light from the sun. 광전지의, 광발전의

Titan: 드론개발업체

DARPA: 미국방위고등연구계획국 Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency

Vulture: 초고도 초장기 전역배회 정찰기라고 함. 무인항공기 (하이테크 전쟁, 피터 W. 싱어 저 지안출판사에서 발췌)

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