Haha, cooked birds falling from the sky. I was assuming they would fly the drones high enough to be above commercial airplanes, birds, perhaps much of the atmosphere as well as storms.
From: Jeremy Sent: Sunday, August 02, 2015 10:01 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Facebook testing drones with lasers for Internet Ah, I guess my subconscious desire added that. I have always thought that lasers backed by RF would be the future of wireless. They'll have to have RF also for when a bird flies through it. On Sun, Aug 2, 2015 at 9:00 AM, Ken Hohhof <[email protected]> wrote: I don’t see the “on the ground” part: We've also made a breakthrough in laser communications technology. We've successfully tested a new laser that can transmit data at 10 gigabits per second. That's ten times faster than any previous system, and it can accurately connect with a point the size of a dime from more than 10 miles away. From: Jeremy Sent: Sunday, August 02, 2015 9:53 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Facebook testing drones with lasers for Internet It talks about the lasers being able to align to a spot on the ground "the size of a dime". That seems like drone to ground lasers to me. On Sun, Aug 2, 2015 at 8:33 AM, Stefan Englhardt <[email protected]> wrote: Laser between moving objects sound quite unbelievable. -------- Ursprüngliche Nachricht -------- Von: Ken Hohhof <[email protected]> Datum: 02.08.2015 16:10 (GMT+01:00) An: [email protected] Betreff: Re: [AFMUG] Facebook testing drones with lasers for Internet Lasers between drones, RF to ground. Still probably more challenging in the real world than Facebook is anticipating. But they also are probably not designing for people who will complain to the FCC about not getting 99.999% reliability. From: Rory Conaway Sent: Saturday, August 01, 2015 10:50 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [AFMUG] Facebook testing drones with lasers for Internet http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2015/07/facebook-our-drones-will-use-lasers-to-deliver-10gbps-internet-access/ The interesting part is the laser working at 10Gbps at 10 miles. Rory Conaway • Triad Wireless • CEO 4226 S. 37th Street • Phoenix • AZ 85040 602-426-0542 [email protected] www.triadwireless.net “Things could be worse. Suppose your errors were counted and published every day, like those of a baseball player. ~Author Unknown”
