FACEBOOK DRONES &  FUTURE TECHNOLOGIES

Facebook’s director of aeronautical platforms Martin Luis Gomez said:

“We designed Aquila this way because it is meant to stay in the same area for long periods of time to supply internet access. Aquila is solar-powered and extremely power-efficient, running on the power equivalent of three blow dryers.”

The Aquila team watched the flight from a nearby engineering station through a video stream which displayed the view from their nearby helicopter.

Aquila reaching an altitude of 3,000 feet for its second test flight is a sign that Facebook is likely years away from reaching its intended goal.

But the company has competition. Chinese media reported in June that the China Academy of Aerospace Aerodynamics, a China-based research institution, successfully flew a solar-powered drone over 65,000 feet in the air. The China Daily report did not say how long the flight was, just that the drone “took off in the morning and flew back to the airport late at night. 

The Economic Times, citing a Facebook executive, reported earlier this month that the company had been in talks with the Indian government and telecom companies for potential programs to bring Aquila in India. 

Aquila weighs less than a car, consumes just 5,000 Watts of energy, and is intended to fly for months on a stretch. "Our goal is to have a fleet of Aquilas flying together at 60,000 feet, communicating with each other with lasers and staying aloft for months at a time — something that’s never been done before," Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said in July, shortly after the announcing the first "successful" flight of Aquila in Yuma, Arizona. 

Also an alternative is Express WiFi, which aims at collaborating with internet service providers and local entrepreneurs to set up public Wi-Fi networks in places with poor internet connectivity. 

So let us be ready for the global transformation in air with the help of drones that would trends the future technologies.....!!