Google Loon: Balloon Internet

Google has announced a project from the Google X labs, Project Loon. The project’s goal is to beam internet access to the ground using a system of balloons in the stratosphere, providing internet for rural, remote, or underserved areas. Google current runs a pilot project with 30 balloons in New Zealand. Oh and XKCD already made a comic about the project.

[Via Project Loon and XKCD]