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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 10 months ago by Lugh to c/futurology

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[–] SchizoDenji@lemm.ee 1 points 10 months 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 10 months 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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