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World's first unmanned plane powered by Mac

updated 05:20 pm EDT, Mon August 13, 2001


SkyTower Telecommunications has successfully flown Helios, the world's first unmanned plane intended as a new, cheaper way to get broadband, wireless Internet access to businesses. The solar-powered aircraft flies at the edge of Earth's atmosphere—100,000 feet high—and is controlled by a Macintosh, which would guide it back to Earth when necessary. Each Helios aircraft is anticipated to cost $10 million, while convential communications satellites run in the neighborhood of $200 million each.


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  1. wlonh

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    08/13, 06:28pm | report spam | Reply |

    by who?

    powered by someone's mother? whose ma? heh...

  1. synergy

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    08/13, 07:09pm | report spam | Reply |

    Hmmm

    This will allow me to cheaply take over the worl by raising sub orbital weapons platforms.

  1. berserkintosh

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    08/13, 07:23pm | report spam | Reply |

    2 & 3 world

    might be easy way for 2nd and 3rd world countries to get some stuff up. now india and whoever can nuke eachother and watch. cool that its mac controlled. id like to see a battle bot controlled by a mac powerbook.

    berserkintosh at yahoo.com

  1. JHVH-1

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    08/14, 09:30am | report spam | Reply |

    That's cool!

    Finally, the 21st century is starting to shape up! Soon we'll have jet packs, weather machines and daily trips to the moon! And Macs will run them all! ;-)

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