Drones. satellites. lasers. Add to that Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg.
Who would have thought Zuckerberg would combine his social networking site with these technological varieties?
Facebook's CEO wrote in a blog post Thursday of what's up in the lineup.
"In our effort to connect the whole world with Internet.org, we've been working on ways to beam internet to people from the sky," Zuckerberg said.
He disclosed that his Connectivity Lab is on the works on building satellites, lasers and drones to make Internet accessible to everyone.
"Our goal with Internet.org is to make affordable access to basic internet services available to every person in the world," Zuckerberg added.
He revealed that the company has made good progress so far, mentioning that the number of people utilizing mobile data with the company's operators-partners doubled in Paraguay and the Philippines alone. Facebook has partnered with telecommunication companies to provide a more affordable and available Internet. The company said such progress brought the Internet to 3 million more people.
Work doesn't stop there, of course.
"We're going to continue building these partnerships, but connecting the whole world will require inventing new technology too. That's what our Connectivity Lab focuses on, and there's a lot more exciting work to do here," Zuckerberg said.
He also said that several of leading experts in the areas of communications and aerospace technology in the world are in his team. He mentioned in particular the Jet Propulsion Lab and Ames Research Center of NASA. He disclosed of also bringing in the team key members from a five-member British company called Ascenta that will work on connectivity aircraft. The founders of Ascenta built the early versions of Zephyr, said to be solar-powered and longest-flying unmanned aircraft in the world.
"We're looking forward to working with our Internet.org partners and operators worldwide to deploy these technologies and deliver on the dream of connecting the world," Zuckerberg wrote.
Internet.org is a global partnership between Facebook and other technology companies that aims to make the Internet accessible to the two thirds of the world's population that doesn't have it.
"The team's approach is based on the principle that different sized communities need different solutions and they are already working on new delivery platforms-including planes and satellites-to provide connectivity for communities with different population densities," the Internet.org also wrote in an announcement.
Earlier this month, it has been reported that Zuckerberg purportedly plans to buy drone-maker Titan Aerospace, which builds solar-powered atmospheric satellites that is drones.
Facebook isn't alone on such venture, though.
Google X has also been working on other technological advancements such as wearable computers and self-driving cares, as well as has announced sometime in 2013 of its plan to make use of solar-powered balloons to provide Internet access to remote places in the world.
