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Google has done an admirable job of demystifying Project Loon (that ambitious broadband-via-atmospheric-balloon initiative), but its latest video takes it a step further: tearing apart one of its blimp-tracking antennas and explaining how it works. Every unit houses a radio, what Google is calling … - Recommended Reading: Chris Hadfield's view from space, the coming robot barista invasion and more
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Weekly poll: Are tablets still relevant?
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