RIP Loon, Google’s balloon-based cellular network ...Middle East

The balloons used solar energy to power their on-board systems, but had no engines. (Project Loon/)It always seemed like an idea that was cool, far-fetched, and possibly helpful: Balloons, high above the earth, sending cell signals to people down below. The giant polyethylene flying machines could transmit LTE signals to people in disaster zones or rural areas with no cell infrastructure. Alphabet, Google’s parent company, called the airborne initiative Project Loon, and on Thursday, it announced that it was shutting it down.The reason, according to a blog item on the decision, is that “the road to commercial viability has proven much longer and riskier than hoped.”While Loon (the name was a

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