Surely you remember Google's project called Loon, which aimed to provide internet connections to the entire planet, even to regions or users who until now had no financial access or could not connect to the Internet, through... huge balloons?
Well, the team behind the Outernet Projectthought: What's better than affordable Internet? Of course, free! Well, and just like that, in December 2013, the first phase of the project began.
So: Aaron Rogers, Mission Engineering at Q Space Systems, Branko Vukelic, Software Developer at Monwara Digital Products, Edward Birrane, Telecom Protocols at Tolerant Network Solutions and Syed Karim, Founder & Project Lead at Media Development Investment Fund decided to join forces as they believe that “access to knowledge and information is a human right and Outernet will protect this right by implementing techniques that will help in the dissemination of information. By broadcasting digital content to portable devices, simple antennas, and existing satellite dishes, a basic “level” of information, education and technology will be available to all humanity”.
The development of the prototype satellites is expected, based on the schedule posted on the project page, to take place in June 2014, while the final phase (making the internet available to all of humanity!) is scheduled for sometime in June of next year.
Something that may raise many questions and cause … “eyebrow raising”, is how safe. According to their website, it states: “By leveraging low-cost satellite data transmission technology, Outernet is able to bypass censorship, ensure privacy, and offer a cost-free service accessible to citizens of the world.”
I don't know how much the above proposal convinces you, but it seems to me that the NSA is also trying to monitor that portion of citizens who do not have access to the Internet, and the Outernet Project is helping them a little bit!
What do you think about the Outernet Project?
Source: digitallife.gr
