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Uncomfortable Thoughts

September 19, 2020 by Simon Robinson 2 Comments

‘What good is a newborn baby?’ asked Benjamin Franklin in 1783 when people questioned his enthusiasm for the recent invention of hot air ballooning. His predictions that the balloons would become significant for transport was unusually wrong. 250 years later, Loon is a balloon system in the news for delivering the internet in Kenya and elsewhere. Balloons are helping transport information.

Binary: Ferry: Transport: Sea © Simon Robinson 2020
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