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It’s #NationalInternetDay, which marks the date in 1969 when the first electronic message was sent over a network. Now, 55 years later, we rely on the internet to power most aspects of our daily lives—and yet 3 billion people are still not online. Taara, X’s moonshot for connectivity, aims to address this by using beams of light to bring fast, affordable internet access to communities around the world. Taara was recently spotlighted in Bloomberg’s series “The Future with Hannah Fry.” It features Hannah visiting the Taara lab to learn how the technology works and meeting with entrepreneurs in Kenya who have been able to help their neighbors come online by reselling Taara data. As the episode depicts, it’s not only a technical challenge to bring reliable connectivity to everyone globally; there are also economic and social barriers. “This is where you see the genuine impact the internet has on people’s lives,” Hannah says. “Not just in terms of access to information and the outside world, but also the business opportunity it presents.” Watch the full episode here: https://lnkd.in/g_jb-tGP

John Ferneborg

Co-Founder, Silicon Partners | Deep Technology Executive Search | Former Google X

3mo

Keep up the great work, X, the moonshot factory. Love the new video. Put a smile on my face seeing the walk into the lobby with the X staircase... I always felt there was something so magical walking in there.

Dave Moloney

World-scale imagery and data for Maps

3mo

This Nokia series and this presenter do a great job on Science communication for useful tech. A fun demo of the tricky challenge of pointing FSOC transceivers at one another rapidly and accurately. The history of the Internet may well be about what companies and technologies gave access to the most people to advance prosperity and freedom - Android, and optical comms may feature positively in that history.

Bryan Timmerman CanteraVentures FO • OneVision Venture Partners

"Sports and Entertainment with Healthy Living Innovation and Sustainability as the Cornerstone's" onevisionvp.com

3mo

Know the journey well.

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Raymond Vahedian

Salon Owner at Collin Reymond Salon

3mo

LOVE THIS 🩵 💫

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