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Retro-futuristic blimp provides connectivity from the stratosphere

Friday August 23, 2024. 04:17 PM , from BoingBoing
Sceye, a Swiss materials science company, continues developing high-altitude platform stations (HAPS).
Sceye platforms are solar-powered by day and battery-powered by night and are designed to launch into the stratosphere. From there, the balloons/blimps/platforms hover and can perform various functions. According to a Sceye press release, they include 'universal and equitable connectivity, improve climate change monitoring, natural resource stewardship, forest fire monitoring and better detect and contain disasters before they spiral out of control.' — Read the rest
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