Said Mark Zuckerberg, founder and ceo of Facebook, the first successful experiment conducted by his company for unmanned aircraft, which is expected to contribute to Internet connectivity to remote places of the world for the "Internet dot org" Internet.org.
Zuckerberg said, via his Facebook social network, some of the features of the final design of the aircraft, which will own the largest suites of suites of passenger aircraft of type Boeing 737, but lighter in weight than conventional cars, and solar cells.
The founder of Facebook and the Internet "dot org" the plane will be able to fly for several months thanks to the supply of solar energy, at the height of 60,000 feet.
Zuckerberg said that thanks to these drones would be the "Internet dot org" is able to provide an Internet connection for about 10% of the world population who face problems with access to the Internet because they are in remote areas or areas lack the infrastructure able to access the Internet.
This, for its part, Facebook share during its F8 developers 2015, meeting in the us city of San Francisco, several additional information on aircraft, developed under the code name "Aquila" Aquila, which means Eagle in Italian.
Facebook noted that the height limit for the aircraft, 60 thousand feet above the ground, will provide an ideal area to fly without problems, thanks to low winds and mild weather, allowing it to fly for three months straight after each launch, to connect Internet through laser technology.
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