Solving cell phone coverage problems with weather balloons

We all hate it when we have no coverage for our cell phone. Carriers hate creating expensive infrastructure that nobody will ever use.

Anyways, Extend America Inc just designed a system that will use wather balloons that carry transmitters. The concept is really simple. When the balloon leaves the “duty area”, it parachutes its transmitter. The transmitter is picked up, and another balloon is started…

Read more here:
http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/2602

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