Facebook Inc. CEO Mark Zuckerberg , said the company will launch the Connectivity Lab , a team of scientists in charge of bringing the Internet to the remote places in the world . They will use new techniques , such as sending a signal to the terrestrial Internet from the sky .
According to Zuckerberg , the team consists of 12 scientists in the fields of aeronautics and communications . Facebook has hired a new employee of an organization such as the Space Agency and the National Aeronautics United States ( NASA ), the National Optics Observer Astronomy ( NOAO ) , and Laboratory Mobilization Aircraft ( JPL ) . Facebook also employs five people from the Ascenta , a British company that developed the solar plane . Ascenta -made drone capable of flying the longest solar plane than the other .
Connectivity Lab is part of an initiative established Internet.org Zuckerberg . This organization aims to open an Internet connection to the Earth is currently untouched Internet . According to Zuckerberg , in order to realize the mission , they have to invent new technology . To that end , Connectivity Lab will utilize unmanned aircraft , satellites , and lasers .
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Earlier this month Facebook enters an advanced stage of discussions to buy the Titan , a manufacturer of solar -powered unmanned aircraft from New Mexico . One day later , the aircraft will be capable of emitting artificial Titan Internet signal to the surface of the Earth, so the most remote areas of the world will be able to connect to the Internet .
A video uploaded to the site Internet.org on Thursday , shows the view from the air that seems to be recorded from the cockpit of an aircraft .
Voiced asked the audience to imagine what if the whole world is connected to the Internet . " This is not just twice as good , but millions of times better , " he said . Solar plane appeared at the bottom of the screen , and transmits signals to the Internet in a mountainous region .
Internet.org on its website said it plans to distribute the Internet connection by sending an infrared beam to Earth . They will utilize the satellite to rural areas and solar plane to suburban areas that do not have access to the Internet .
Connectivity Lab is an organization that is purely internal Facebook , in contrast with recent actions that likes to recruit talent from the outside . Facebook on Tuesday agreed to acquire Oculus VR , virtual reality eyewear maker , for $ 2 billion . In February , Facebook bought WhatsApp , short messaging application for smartphones , with a fantastic price : $ 19 miliar.WSJ
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