Google launched the successor project ``Aalyria'' of the failed balloon Internet plan, experts are skeptical that ``the field of dead bodies''



It was reported that Google has diverted part of the technology of the balloon Internet service plan '

Loon ' that ended in 2021 and launched ' Aalyria ', a new high-speed communication project based on laser communication technology. rice field. Aalyria is not a subsidiary like Loon, but is supposed to be developed as an independent venture from Google.

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In 2013, Google's parent company, Alphabet, announced Loon, which uses balloons to develop internet infrastructure in developing countries, etc., and in 2018 achieved certain results, such as reaching commercial deployment , but technically The project was abandoned in 2021 due to various issues .

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On September 12, 2022, American news media CNBC will make the high-speed communication network project codenamed 'Minkowski', which Google has been working on behind the scenes even after the end of Loon, as a spin-out company called Aalyria, independent of Google. I reported. By early 2022, Google had already transferred 10 years of physical assets, including intellectual property, patents and office space, to Aalyria.

In a September 11, 2022 Twitter post, Aalyria said it would 'emerge from stealth' in time for World Satellite Business Week , a satellite communications technology summit.



Aalyria's technology base is roughly divided into two parts. The first is a laser communication technology called Tightbeam. In a demonstration experiment of Tightbeam conducted by Aalyria, in addition to being able to send a signal to a mountaintop 20 miles (about 32 km) away from the roof of the headquarters, a volleyball-sized receiver on an airplane 100 miles (about 160 km) away He also succeeded in sending a signal. Aalyria CEO Chris Taylor said the technology could provide 1Gbps connectivity to every seat on an airplane.

And the second is a software system called Spacetime that was used to coordinate the network between Loon's balloons. Aalyria uses this technology to manage network connections between tens of thousands of mobile objects, including satellites, airplanes, ships, and automobiles.

Reportedly, unlike Loon, which was being developed by a subsidiary of Alphabet, Aalyria will basically be an independent company from Google and Alphabet, with only a portion of the shares owned by Google. . Aalyria has already signed a contract with the Defense Innovation Unit , an organization under the Department of Defense, and has successfully raised $8.7 million (about 1.24 billion yen).

Former U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense Robert Work, an adviser to Aalyria, said: 'I've worked with a lot of tech companies that can do what Aalyria is doing in a very small area, but they're doing it for the whole planet. Only Aalyria can cover it.'



On the other hand, regardless of Spacetime, which has a proven track record, there are voices questioning the feasibility of wireless communication using lasers, as it is a field that many companies have challenged but have been crushed. Nathan Kundtz, an expert in wireless technology, told Bloomberg, 'I'm paralyzed when someone claims to have solved a fundamental problem in physics. The field is a dream come true.' It's a place where corporate corpses are scattered,' he said, showing a cautious view of Tightbeam.

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