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Japanese telecom NTT, suggests high-altitude solar-powered drones could be 5G base stations in Africa. With coverage of 200 sq km per drone, approx 150,000 of them could blanket the continent with 5G (interestingengineering.com)

submitted 2 years ago by Lugh to c/futurology

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[–] SchizoDenji@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Pretty sure the only R&D you need to do is thermodynamics 101.

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[–] crazyminner@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago

Is the energy from the sun that could be harvested from a blimp sized footprint enough to convert enough hydrogen to account for the leaks in a blimp and to power propellers to keep it in one spot.

I don't know those numbers.

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